246 LEPIDOPTERA. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva plump, much wrinkled, and the segmental divisions 

 deep ; head brown with the mouth darker ; dorsal plate also 

 shining dark brown ; anal plate glossy black-brown ; dorsal 

 region dull pink shading off beneath to yellowish white, and 

 also i^aler on the thoracic segments ; legs and prolegs of the 

 body colour; raised dots hardly perceptible. (Furnished by 

 Mr. h.. Thurnall.) August and September in the fruit (hips) 

 of wild rose, feeding in solid substance of the hip ; when 

 full fed spinniug up in dead and rotten wood, or under bark, 

 or in dead bramble sticks. 



The moth flies high over wild rose in woods or hedges in 

 the afternoon, and appears to be generally distributed 

 throughout England ; but seems not to be recorded from 

 Wales or Ireland, and only from Dumbartonshire in Scotland. 

 Abroad it is found throughout Central Europe, Central 

 Italy, Norway, and the Caucasus. 



Genus 10. TRYCHERIS 



Antenufe thick; palpi very short, the third joint barely 

 showiug ; thorax rather roughened; fore wings short, some- 

 what ovate, costa not folded ; hind wings not ridged. 



We have only one species. 



1. T. aurana, Fab. Willi. ; mediana, Scliiff. — Expanse 

 f to \ inch (10-12 mm.). Fore wings dull brown, with two 

 rounded orange yellow spots, one in and one beyond the 

 middle. 



AntenntB black; palpi, head, thorax, and abdomen brown- 

 black. Fore wings somewhat narrowly ovate, costa arched 

 especially at the base ; apex bluntly rounded, hind margin 

 curved, but hardly oblique ; dull umbreous, faintly dusted 

 with yellow ; one large orange yellow spot lies near the 



