302 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



on first ring of the body rather glossy, head glossy yellow 

 brown. It lives from autumn to June of the next year in stems 

 of the wood smallreed [Calamagrostis cpigeios). The moth 

 flies in July and August. 



The Lyme Grass {Tapinostola elymi). 



The more or less brownish-tinged, whitish-ochreous species 

 shown on Plate 146, Figs. 5, 6, was not recorded as a British 

 insect until 1861. It is now known to occur in England in 

 many localities, but all on the east coast from Norfolk to 

 Durham. In the Eniofnologist for 1894, it is recorded as 

 occurring at Montrose on the Forfarshire coast in Scotland. 

 The caterpillar is described by Buckler as pale flesh colour, 

 with a rather darker stripe along the back ; spiracles black ; 

 head reddish-brown, shining ; shining yellowish-brown plates 

 on the first and last rings of the body. It feeds on the stems of 

 lyme-grass {Elyfuus arenarins) in May and June. The moth 

 flies at early dusk over and among its food plants, and later on 

 it settles on the stems, from which it may be easily boxed. 



The Brighton Wainscot {Oria {Synia) muscuiosa). 



This yellowish-clouded, whitish insect is a native of Southern 

 Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, and North-west Africa. Occasion- 

 ally it has occurred in England, and in the time of Haworth and 

 Stephens one or two specimens seem to have been recorded as 

 British. In 1855 ^^'^ example was captured at Brighton, and 

 others occurred in the same locality, and at Bexhill, Kent 

 (Jenner), between that year and i860. A specimen was recorded 

 from Brighton in 1883, and one from South Devon in 1899. 

 Reported from Wiltshire in 1910. (Plate 146, Fig. 7.) 



