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stout silk threads ; or else by joining a part of one leaf to 

 another by similar means. (W. Buckler.) 



August to June, on dead oak leaves lying upon the 

 ground. 



Pupa nearly six lines long, smooth and cylindrical, moder- 

 ately stout, the abdomen tapering off evenly and ending in a 

 spike, furnished with two larger and six smaller spines with 

 curled tops ; colour purplish-brown, without gloss except just 

 at the segmental divisions of the abdomen ; terminal spines 

 reddish-brown. In a corner or between two leaves held 

 together by a fyw short stout silken threads, with a slight 

 lining of silk round the interior, holding the pupa steady by 

 its anal spines. (W. Buckler.) 



The moth is found in woods, where it hides among the 

 undergrowth in the more open places, and may readily be 

 disturbed in the daytime. At dusk it flies of its own accord, 

 and will come to sugar and also to a strong light. A very 

 local species in this country, and apparently confined to the 

 south-eastern portion. Taken in several localities in Kent — 

 Canterbury, Tenterden, Dover, Darenth Wood, formerly at 

 Bexley, and near Woolwich ; more frequently in Sussex, at 

 Battle, Hastings, Lewes, and Abbotts Wood, and in the last 

 two comparatively common. The only other locality known 

 to me here is in the Colchester district of Essex. Abroad it 

 has a wide distribution through Central Europe, Italy, Fin- 

 land, Livonia, the Balkan States, Southern Russia, Armenia, 

 Asia Minor, and Tartary. 



2. H. barbalis, Clerck. — Expanse 1^ to 1£ inch. Body 

 slender ; palpi very long, curved upward and curled back ; 

 fore wings dull greyish-drab with three transverse lines, the 

 third nearly straight. Hind wings dusky-white with partial 

 cross-stripes. Fore legs with large fans of hair-scales. 



Antennae of the male pectinated with very slender bristle- 

 like curved teeth, ciliated, pale brown ; palpi long and slender, 



