224 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Berks, Suffolk and Norfolk ; even found on sea-sandhills in 

 the latter county : widley distributed but less common in 

 Kent, Sussex, Essex, Devon, Gloucestershire and Hereford- 

 shire ; scarcer in Cambridgeshire, but probably to be found in 

 suitable spots in all the Southern, South Midland and Eastern 

 Counties ; apparently rare in South Wales. In Yorkshire it 

 has been found in several localities, and in some of the mosses 

 of Lancashire before they were drained and ploughed up it 

 was — including the darker variety — comparatively common. 

 After having, from this cause, disappeared from this district 

 for a number of years, it was — still in the dark form — most 

 fortunately re-discovered in 1890 by Mr. J. Collins of War- 

 rington, and. though scarce, there is now hope that this 

 interesting variety will maintain itself, and that further 

 investigation may probably reveal it on other boggy heaths 

 further noi'th. In Scotland there is a record of its capture 

 in the Southern district, which, however, has not been con- 

 firmed. In Ireland it was recorded by the late Mr. E, 

 Birchall as having occurred on the Hill of Howth Abroad 

 it is found over the greater portion of Europe, and in the 

 North-east of Asia Minor ; but its range is probably much 

 wider, since specimens, named L. antica, Walker, have been 

 brought from Ceylon. 



7. L. complanula, Bdv. ; lurideola, Stand. Cat. — 

 Expanse, l:j to If inch. Fore wings slate-grey, spotless ; 

 costa rounded, with a yellow stripe which tapers off before 

 the apex ; hind wings yellow. 



Antennae slender ; in the male ciliated with minute bristles, 

 especially beyond the middle ; dark grey, j^ellowish at the 

 base. Head and front of thorax yellow ; back of thorax, and 

 also abdomen, slate-grey ; anal tuft yellow. Fore wings rather 

 narrow at the base, and becoming gradually broader; costa 

 rounded, more especially towards the apex, which is bluntly 

 angulated ; hind margin curved and much rounded off at the 

 anal angle ; dorsal margin gracefully curved towards the base ; 



