i8S LEPIDOPTERA. 



the case at its normal time of flight, from sunset till dark. 

 Locally common in fens in the Eastern Counties ; less 

 frequent in the South, but not scarce in marshes, and in 

 the West may sometimes be found in any tiny scrap of marsh 

 or bog on a heath or by the side of a little stream ; while in 

 the more northern districts its haunt is in the " mosses.'' 

 Probably sometimes overlooked, but it has been found on the 

 marshy sandhills near Deal, Kent, and in boggy places on 

 heaths in Dorset, in the Dartmoor district of Devon, and in 

 Cornwall; in Somerset on the "moors"; in plenty in the 

 fens of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk ; in Yorkshire 

 at Ask ham bog, and in mosses in Cumberland. In Scotland 

 it has been taken rarely in Kirkcudbrightshire, and very 

 locally in Glenfalloch and elsewhere in Perthshire. In 

 Wales abundantly in Glamorganshire, and more sparingly 

 in marshes in Pembrokeshire. Much more plentifully in 

 Ireland, where it sometimes abounds in the bogs of Kerry ; 

 also in Wicklow, Westmeath, Gal way, and Louth. Abroad 

 it occurs in suitable spots throughout Central Europe and 

 the temperate portions of Northern Europe, in Piedmont. 

 Turkey, Southern Russia, Tartary, and the mountain regions 

 of Central Asia. 



Genus 92. AGROPHILA. 



Antennas ciliated ; eyes naked, without lashes ; head 

 squarely tufted ; thorax slender, smooth, without crests ; 

 abdomen slender and smooth, but with one small depressed or 

 prostrate dorsal crest ; fore wings oblong, brightly coloured, 

 the markings abnormal ; hind wings plainly coloured, the 

 cross-bar angulated ; vein 5 curved, arising near to vein 4. 



We have but one species. 



1. A. sulphuralis, L. ; trabealis, Stand. Cat. — Ex- 

 panse f to | inch. Body slender; fore wings clear pale 

 yellow, striped and spotted with black. Hind wings smoky- 

 brown. 



