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white ; costa dotted with white. Hind wings as on the 

 upper side. 



On the wing in May or June. 



Larva apparently undescribed. There can belittle doubt 

 that it feeds on furze (JJUx europams), probably on the seeds. 



The male moth flies in the sunshine over and around 

 furze-bushes, dancing merrily about much as does Grapho- 

 litha ulicctana, but easily distinguished from it when both 

 are flying together by its far whiter hind wings. The female 

 sits on the furze and is easily beaten out, but often falls to 

 the ground, or hides at once in the thick bushes. Rather a 

 local species, yet widely distributed and found in all the 

 southern counties from Kent to Cornwall and to Gloucestei'- 

 shire, Berks and Herts, also more plentifully in the eastern 

 counties to Norfolk ; and in Herefordshire, South Yorkshire, 

 Durham and Cumberland. In Scotland in the Edinbur£[h 

 district, Roxburghshire, and Dumbartonshire ; but I find no 

 record in Wales or Ireland. Abroad it seems to be very 

 local, being reported only from France and Andalusia. 



11. S. erectana, Barr. — Expanse f inch (9 mm.). Fore 

 wings shining brown-black, with an erect spotless silvery- 

 white squared dorsal blotch, and four pairs of short costal 

 streaks of the same coloui'. 



Antennee, palpi and head dark brown ; thorax olive-brown. 

 Fore wings rather narrow, rich dark-brown with a faint 

 olive tinge, paler toward the base ; markings silvery white ; 

 consisting of a perpendicular dorsal blotch reaching two- 

 thirds across the wing, immaculate, sharply defined within, 

 squared at the apex, and slightly toothed outside ; there are 

 four pairs of costal streaks, the second pair produced into a 

 narrow angulated band beyond the dorsal blotch, and 

 reaching the anal angle, the lower arm being nearly per- 

 pendicular to the margin, slightly dilated, and brilliantly 



