1 2 2 LEPID OP TERA . 



Pupa rather elongate ; tongue-case forming a large ventral 

 projection ; tail hooked and attached to the cocoon ; colour 

 deep pitchy-brown, almost black, the incisions of the seg- 

 ments tinged with green. In a thin oval cocoon of pale 

 brown silk among leaves or rubbish on the surface of the 

 ground. Mr. Buckler says that in its earlier stage the pupa 

 is green with crimson spots down the back, and that it 

 gradually changes to pitchy-black. 



The moth hides in the daytime among herbage on hedge 

 bauks and waste places and in the more bushy plants in 

 gardens, and seems to be more especially attached to such 

 situations. At dusk it flies eagerly to the blossoms of various 

 labiate plants and of honeysuckle, Lychnis flos-cuculi, and 

 L. vespertina, and occasionally comes to light. It seems to 

 be found throughout England, rarely in the south-eastern 

 corner, yet commonly in Essex, and moderately so in most 

 districts. Probably also throughout Wales, since it is common 

 in Carmarthenshire and has been taken in Pembrokeshire. 

 In Scotland it is less common, but is found in Berwickshire, 

 "Wigtownshire, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Dumbartonshire, where 

 it attains rather a large size, Argyle, where it is scarce, and 

 elsewhere to Moray, West Ross, and the Orkneys. Rather 

 local in Ireland, but has been found near Dublin, in Wicklow, 

 Meath, Westmeath, Galway, Sligo, Monaghan, Armagh, 

 Antrim, and Deny. Abroad its localities, as already re- 

 marked, seem to be rather mixed up with those of the 

 preceding species, but there seems to be no doubt that it 

 is well distributed over Central Europe, the temperate 

 portions of Northern Europe, North Italy, Russia, Armenia, 

 Siberia, and Persia. 



(P. verticillata, On. ; acuta, Walker. — A specimen 

 was recorded in the year 1870 as having been captured in a 

 drawing-room at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, attracted by a 

 light. This specimen I have not seen, nor do I know where 

 it now is, but Dr. H. G. Knaggs reported in the Entomolo- 



