46 LEPIDOPTERA. 



favourable for obtaining the larva, is by no means distin- 

 guished for captures of the imago, and there is great cause 

 to fear that the migrating moths may have deposited eggs 

 too far from a suitable climate to allow many of the larvae — if 

 left out of doors — to attain to maturity. The moth flies in the 

 evening and morning twilight, and is strongly attracted by 

 flowers such as Verbena, Fetunea, Honeysuckle, Scarlet 

 geranium, Centranthus riiher, and even Ked carnation ; and 

 occasionally, when on the wing later into the. night, has 

 been found attracted by a strong light. In hot weather it 

 is probably long upon the wing, and has even been found 

 sipping honey from flowers at midday. 



No fixed localities can be given ; probably the most prohfic 

 spot for this species is the sandy coast about Deal and St. 

 Margaret's Bay, Kent, and, so far as is known, the Cheshire 

 locality already mentioned stands next, but captures of moths 

 or larvce, or both, are on record in Kent, Sussex, Devonshire, 

 Cornwall, Somerset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, 

 Hunts, ]\Iiddlesex, Bucks, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, 

 Derbyshire, Notts, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, and 

 Northumberland. Stephens even mentions the capture of 

 two specimens, from seventy to eighty years ago, in North 

 London. In Scotland the records are few, but these include 

 Perth (with Moncrieff Hill), Dundee, Selkirk, and Aberdeen ; 

 while in Ireland the only one appears to be that of a moth 

 captured at Howth, in 1888, by Mr. G. V. Hart. 



Abroad its range extends over great part of the central, 

 northern and eastern portions of Europe ; Siberia, with the 

 Amur ; portions of Asia !Minor ; and even North America — 

 where (with a slightly different shade of colour) it appears to 

 be known under the name of JD. Cliamccnerii. 



3. D. livornica, Esp. Expanse 3;^ inches. 



Fore wings olive-brown with yellowish-white longitudinal 

 stripe and white nervures ; hind wings pale pink, with black 

 base and stripe. 



