286 LEPIDOPTERA. 



took several specimens, and others in subsequent years till 

 1866, since which date it seems to have disappeared from 

 that locality. At the same time it was taken for several 

 years near Sevenoaks, Kent, with a similar result. In 1877 

 it was found at Petersfield, on the border of Sussex and 

 Hants, and, so far as I can ascertain, has not since been taken 

 in this country. Its range with us seems, therefore, to be 

 limited to Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and possibly Hants. Abroad 

 it inhabits many parts of Central Europe, Northern Italy, 

 Livonia, Dalmatia, and Southern Russia. Also certainly 

 found in Japan, and apparently in North America. 



Genus 4. iETHIA. 



Antennae ciliated ; palpi not long, curled closely up ; eyes 

 naked, without lashes ; head depressed, not tufted ; thorax 

 and abdomen slender and smooth ; fore wings broad, rounded 

 behind ; legs normal. 



We have one species only, if now any. 



1. 2E. emortualis, Schif. — Expanse 1£ to 1£ inch. 

 Body slender, palpi thin, recurved ; fore wings blunt, pale 

 olive-drab with two straight paler transverse lines. Hind 

 wings very similar, but with only one distinct transverse line. 



Antennas of the male short, simple, ciliated, pale drab ; 

 palpi moderately long, thin, pointed, curved up, light brown ; 

 eyes black ; head and thorax smooth pale olive-drab ; abdomen 

 short, round, moderately slender, drab dusted with grey ; 

 lateral tufts hardly perceptible ; anal tuft compressed. Fore 

 wings moderately broad, blunt ; costa very gently arched ; 

 apex squarely angulated ; hind margin rather straight, very 

 little oblique, rounded off below the middle, dorsal margin 

 a little rounded ; colour olive-drab or very pale olive-brown, 

 with a faint regular dusting of deeper brown ; first line 

 slender, direct or very faintly curved, almost upright, yellowish- 

 white ; second line more noticeable, oblique, curved, not 



