44 LEPIDOPTERA. 



PuFA red-browii, otherwise undescribed. Subterranean. 



The moth usually conceals itself in the daytime, yet in 

 those seasons in which it is common in its rather restricted 

 localities, it may occasionally be found sitting about. It flies 

 at dusk, and freely visits sugar and ragwort bloom. Ex- 

 tremely local in its distribution, apparently confined to woods 

 and forests, and in the south very scarce. Two specimens 

 were taken in 1888 and a few more in subsequent years at 

 Newbury, Berks, by Mr. and Miss Kimber ; one in 1887 near 

 Marlborough, Wilts, several in 1892, and a larger number in 

 1893, the principal haunt being Savernake Forest; Mr. 

 William Holland has found it rarely in beech woods in South 

 Oxfordshire ; in Devon it seems to have been long known, 

 since there is the record of its capture, singly, near Exeter, 

 in 1858 ; and it was taken near Bridestowe, Dartmoor, in 

 1888, and again in 1890 by Major Still. One was obtained 

 near Swansea, South Wales, in 1893, and others have occurred 

 at Mold, North Wales ; one locality is on record in Cheshire ; 

 in Yorkshire it is more reliable though very local ; and in 

 Barron Wood, Cumberland, it is in some years abundant. 

 Its principal home in these islands is in Scotland, though 

 there it is local and apparently not known in the western 

 districts, nor in any of the Isles ; abundant in the woods of 

 Forres, Morayshire, and of Aberdeenshire, also found in 

 Perthshire, and probably in most of the large woods of the 

 central and eastern districts. Dr. White gives its range as 

 the districts of the Tay, Moray, and Solway. 



Abroad it appears also to be somewhat local, being recorded 

 from Central and Southern France, Germany, Livonia, and 

 Southern and Eastern Russia. 



5. N. triangulum, T;-.— Expanse l\ to If inch. Fore 

 wings broad, drab-brown with a reddish flush, three con- 

 spicuous squared black spots in the basal half, and another 

 before the apex ; hind wings light grey-brown. 



