178 - LEPIDOPTERA. 



extending from tlie most southern counties to Cumberland 

 and Durham ; but in Wales ] have only my own notes of 

 capture in Pembrokeshire. In Scotland it is found in the 

 Edinburgh district, in Perthshire, and in Dumbartonshire,, 

 and elsewhere in the Clyde district. In Ireland the only 

 record seems to be that of the late Mr. Edwin Birchall at 

 Limerick. Abroad it is common throughout Central Europe, 

 and in Scandinavia, and Dalmatia. 



6. A. fimbriana, Haiv. — Expanse \ to | inch (12-16 

 ram.). Fore wings long, black-brown with a triangular 

 whitish dorsal blotch, numerous yellowish costal .streaks 

 and lustrous lines about the ocellus ; hind wings yellowish- 

 white with a clouded brown margin. 



Antennae dark brown ; palpi, head, and shoulder-lappets 

 black-brown, dusted with creamy- white ; rest of thorax and 

 abdomen black-brown. Fore wings very long, rather narrow, 

 costa nearly straight, apex sharply angulated, hind margin 

 oblique ; olive-brown thickly dusted with dark brown and 

 black, costa dotted throughout with white ; on the middle of 

 the dorsal margin is a dull white blotch, curved back at its 

 apex and containing a dusky cloud ; ocellus obscurely clouded 

 with black and edged outwardly by a lustrous streak ; before 

 the hind margin is some pale dusting : cilia brown. Hind 

 wings long, yellowish-white, shading into smoky brown 

 along the marginal area ; cilia dull white, Female similar, 

 or with the dark marginal band of the hind wings broader. 



Underside of the fore wings pale leaden-brown with 

 large white costal dots ; hind wings leaden-white with a 

 darker border. 



On the wing from the end of March till May. 



Larva sluggish, rather stout, with the segments well- 

 marked and a distinct wrinkle across the back of each, semi- 

 transparent pinkish-white ; raised dots prominent, chocolate- 

 red ; head shming brown ; dorsal plate shining, varying in 



