154 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Lincolnshire, several localities in "iorksliire, and rareJy in 

 North Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire. I find no 

 records further north, nor in Wales. In Ireland it appears 

 to be very rare ; a single specimen has been recorded at 

 Kingstown, Dublin, another at Glandore in the same county, 

 and three at Rorke's Point. Co. Cork. Abroad it is found in 

 many parts of the temperate regions of Northern Europe, 

 Central Europe. North Italy, Southern Russia, and the more 

 mountainous districts of Central Asia. 



Genus 15. APLECTA. 



AntKxN>.e simple, ciliated ; eyes hairy ; eyelashes short 

 and rather indistinct ; thorax robust, crested at top and back ; 

 abdomen with four or five small crests ; fore \\ings ample, 

 elongate, broad behind and with very full hind margin ; hind 

 wings ample, plainly coloui-ed, vein 5 extremely faint. 



Lakv.e cylindrical, long and stout, feeding at night. 



PlT.E subterranean. 



A table is unnecessary, the three species being very 

 distinct. 



1 . A. advena, Foh. — Expanse, 1 ^ to 2| inches. Fore 

 wings smooth, shining pale purplish-brown, with a pair of 

 darker brown spots at the anal angle ; reniform stigma edged 

 with white ; hind wings soft smoky-brown. 



Antennae of the male finely notched, and ciliated with 

 minute tufts of fine bristles, pale bru\\ n ; tongue very long ; 

 palpi short, strongly tufted so as almost to conceal the apical 

 joint, purplish-brown ; head jDurple-brovvn, very strongly 

 tufted between the antenna? ; thorax rather paler brown, the 

 collar barred with red-brown and still more faintly edged 

 with Avhitish ; top crest large and prominent, back crest also 

 distinct, both tipped with purple-bro\\"n ; fascicles small, 

 ^^•hite ; abdomen glossy pale golden-brown, its dorsal ridge 

 ornamented with two or three oblique raised tufts or crests of 



