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down in the Keatish marshes. It is found in most of the 

 eastern counties from Essex to Huntington and Lincohi, and 

 also, but less frequent, in Sussex, Devon, and Cornwall. Kane 

 gives Dromoland, Co. Clare, and Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, 

 Ireland. 



The striped Wainscot {Leucania impudens). 



This is a rather larger insect than either of the last four 

 species. The fore wings are whitish ochreous, powdered with 

 blackish scales, and often tinged with pinkish. The black 

 shading along the median nervure is sometimes very con- 

 spicuous. The caterpillar is ochreous brown, with three blackish- 

 edged whitish lines on the back and dark stripes along the sides ; 

 head pale brown marked with darker. It feeds on the leaves 

 of the reed i^Phragmites) in June. The moth flies in July and 

 August in fens, boggy heaths, and marshy ground, and is found 

 in such places in most of the eastern counties, in Yorkshire, and 

 from Berkshire and Kent to Devon, also in South Wales and in 

 Gal way, Cork, and Kerry, Ireland. Abroad the range extends 

 to Siberia and Amurland. (Plate 147, Fig. 6.) 



The Obscure Wainscot {Leticania obsokta). 



This species (Plate 147, Figs. 76,8?) will be recognized by 

 the fine blackish lines on the fore wings, the white dot at lower 

 end of the cell, and the row of black dots representing the second 

 cross line. It is a very local species, chiefly found among reeds 

 in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and may also occur in marshy 

 places along the banks of the Thames from Bucks to Kent. 

 The caterpillar is greyish ochreous above and paler beneath ; 

 three white lines on the back, the central one edged with 

 greenish on each side, and the others edged with brownish ; 

 the line along the black-edged spiracles is greyish ; head pale 



