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cremaster black. In a silken cocoon under a stone in the 

 place where the larva has hidden. 



The moth hides itself in the daytime on the ground among 

 grass or under Atriplex or other herbage ; and flies at rather 

 late dusk, visiting the flowers of thistle, scabious, Sihne, 

 infiata and other plants ; it is also strongly attracted by sugar 

 when placed upon the leaves and stalks of thistles or other 

 prominent herbaceous plants, continuing to arrive till 11 p.m., 

 settling down very quietly on the sugar, but not always 

 easy to find, as it will crawl into the middle of the plant. 

 Apparently almost confined to the coast, the estuaries of 

 tidal rivers, and valleys which open out to the sea, but its 

 favourite haunts seem to be the embankments raised to keep 

 the sea out of low-lying grass lands, which in earlier times 

 have been salt marshes. In such situations, in some years, 

 common on the coasts of Kent, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk ; 

 also found on those of Sussex, Hants, Dorset, Somerset and 

 Cornwall, and in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, 

 Yorkshire and Durham. It seems, moreover, to be found 

 occasionally in the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 

 fen district, especially near Monks Wood, Hunts ; and has 

 been taken very rarely in Warwickshire. The only record 

 which I find in Wales is in Flintshire ; in Scotland, strange 

 to say, it has occurred in Moray and in the Shetland Isles, 

 but I know of no other records. In Ireland it has been 

 found at Howth and abundantly at Waterford ; also at 

 Dunleer, Louth ; and in the meadows at the top of Belfast 

 Lough. 



Abroad its range is very extensive : Southern and Western 

 France, Holland, South Sweden, North Germany, Russia, 

 Asia Minor, Armenia, Tartary, and the mountain regions of 

 Central Asia. 



2. H. anceps, Huh. ; infesta, Tr. ; sordida, Stand. Cat. 

 — Expanse H to If inch. Fore wings narrow, yellowish- 

 brown, marbled with darker brown ; costa dappled with 



