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middle of the dorsal margin and another, rounder, before the 

 apex ; cilia dusky brown. Hind wings and their cilia smoky 

 brown. Female similar. 



Undersides of all the wings leaden brown. 



On the wing from June till August. 



Larva thick, bone colour, with dark brown head and a 

 paler, divided, dorsal plate ; body tolerably compact, with 

 delicate hairs. (Kaltenbach.) 



September and October on Heraclcum sphonch/lium, in 

 the umbel, spinning two seeds together and eating out their 

 substance. Leaving them wh'?n full fed to spin up in the 

 ground. 



This moth loves to sit upon the umbels of blossom of Herac- 

 lcum spJiondi/lium in the sunshine, or dances over it in the 

 afternoon, and is said to have been seen sitting on the 

 blossoms of southernwood in a garden. It is said even to 

 sit sometimes upon the leaves of the Heraclemn. Not always 

 common, and rather partial to hill-districts, but apparently 

 to be found throughout England, and probably Wales since 

 it is found in Pembrokeshire. Li Scotland rather common 

 in the Clyde Valley, and is found in Dumbartonshire, Perth- 

 shire, Stirlingshire, Aberdeenshire, and the Edinburgh dis- 

 trict. In Ireland Mr. Kane reports it as generally distributed. 

 Abroad it is common in Central Europe, Piedmont, and 

 Sweden. 



Genus 11. LOBESIA. 



Antennae thickly notched ; palpi divergent, thickly tufted, 

 but very shoi't ; thorax smooth and slender ; abdomen un- 

 usually thin ; fore wings narrowly trigonate, without costal 

 fold ; hind wings semitransparent at the base, faintly ridged. 



We have only one species. 



