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shire, in Merionethshire, and very probably in many other 

 districts ; in Scotland common in Perthshire and Aberdeen- 

 shire ; Dumbartonshire and other parts of the Clyde district ; 

 and in Ireland on the Dublin Mountains and in Derry. 

 Abroad it is widely distributed in the mountainous parts of 

 Central and Northern Europe, and is found in Bithyuia. 



Genus 3. COCCYX. 



Antennas rather thick; palpi small, tufted, drooping; 

 thorax smooth; fore wings rather narrow, the costa folded 

 jieayly one-half its length ; hind wings rather pointed, not 

 tufted. 



We have four species : 



A. Fore wings narrow, grey-black. 



B. Fore wings with white dorsal blotch and transverse lines. 



G. nemoi'ivaga. 

 A-. Fore wings not very narrow, black-brown. 

 B". Markings several transverse white bands and lines. 



C. tedella. 



B^. Markings one narrow isolated white transverse band 



followed by white streaks. C. distinctana. 



B'*. No distinct markings, only faint tawny lines and 



mottling. C. nigricana. 



1. C. nemorivaga, Tcngs; finitimana, Gn. Wilk. — 

 Expanse f inch (10 mm.). Fore wings narrow, grey-black, 

 with a white dorsal blotch and following streaks. 



Antennse brown ; palpi whitish-grey ; head thickly tufted, 

 umbreous ; thorax black-brown, streaked with white ; abdo- 

 men dull brown. Fore wings narrow, costa nearly straight, 

 folded from the base almost half its length, and furnished 

 with long hairs lying parallel within the fold ; apex bluntly 

 angulated ; blackish-brown, thickly dusted with golden 

 yellow ; basal blotch white, flecked with brown and edged 



