126 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Euchromia Mufana, ScopoJi, {Rosetana, Hiibner,) by 

 some continental authors considered to be distinct from, by 

 others as merely a variety of the Purpurana of Haworth, 

 lias been taken in some numbers in the lake district, by Mr. 

 J. B. Hodgkinson, who writes, *'I took them in August, 

 among scraggy bramble on the limestone; its habit is strange, 

 it may be found on the dry rocks." 



Of this species Mr. Stainton observes, " that the costa is 

 more arched than in Haworth's Rufana^ the ground colour 

 of the anterior wings is not so rosy, and the cilia are not pale 

 at the anal angle of the anterior wings. The continental 

 specimens of Rnfana are considerably paler than the speci- 

 mens captured by Mr. Hodgkinson, but in other respects the 

 insects appear identical, and that difference may be merely 

 the effect of climate." 



