356 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Inverness-shire, Moray, Argyleshire, and Sutherland. In 

 Ireland it is very local though not scarce, confined to the 

 South and West — Wicklow, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Galway, 

 and Sligo. 



Abroad it is found all over the Continent of Europe except 

 the extreme North and South, also in Bithynia and Asia 

 Minor. 



Genus 5. CABERA. 



Antennae of the male strongly pectinated, the tip thread- 

 like ; of the female simple ; palpi short ; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen smooth, the latter tapering ; fore and hind wings 

 evenly rounded. 



Larvje cylindrical, a little thickened behind ; feeding on 

 trees. 



We have two species, both white and much alike, yet 

 readily discriminated. 



A. Wings white, sparingly dusted with brown-black atoms, 



outer lines of fore wings straight. C. pusaria. 



A 2 . Wings white, much dust e- 3 with ochreous-brown, outer 



lines curved. C. exanthemaria. 



1. C. pusaria, L. — Expanse 1 to \\ inch. Wiugs all 

 rounded, glistening silky white ; on the fore wings three 

 and on the hind wings two tolerably straight, transverse, 

 faint brownish-grey lines. 



Antenna? of the male rather short, pectinated with long 

 oblique, solid, ciliated teeth to near the tips, white ; palpi 

 very small and obscure, apparently not protecting the tongue 

 in any way, it being well developed ; head smoky- white, the 

 scales smoothed forward and downward; thorax and abdomen 

 slender, quite white, the shoulder-lappets covered with long 

 raised loose scales, and the lateral and anal abdominal tufts 

 well developed. Fore wings short and. blunt, costa arched, 

 apex bluntly angulated, hino. and dorsal margins gently 



