238 LEPIDOPTERA. 



meeting of the Entomological Society of London in February, 

 1862, by its captor, and particulars of capture given. Mr. 

 Hodgkinson records the capture of a specimen, about the 

 year 1832, in Wharfedale, Yorks, obtained by a local collector 

 by shaking branches of trees. It is now in Mr. Hodgkinson's 

 collection. Finally Mrs. Fraser, a most acute and reliable 

 observer, furnishes the following information : " In June, 

 1859, near Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales, while walking one 

 evening along a road with heather-clad banks, I found a 

 beautiful Eulcpia rjrmimica, which looked as if just recently 

 emerged, at rest on a spray of heather. I had no box with 

 me, but a companion made a pocket by rolling up a letter, 

 and into this the insect allowed itself to be taken. We 

 hurried on to a friend's house about a mile away to get a box, 

 but grammica was restless, and you may have a faint idea of 

 my feelings when I saw it suddenly emerge from the little 

 paper pocket and escape ! Of course, I hunted up and down 

 the locality for days afterwards, but never saw another. I 

 know (jrammica very well ; there is not the least doubt about 

 the specimen." The localities of these captures appear to 

 point to a dying out, rather than to an immigrating species, 

 and it is noticeable that three of the records are in North 

 Wales, where much ground is still practically unworked. 



Abroad the insect is found almost all over Europe, as well 

 as in Asia Minor, Syria, Armenia, and Siberia, the last- 

 named region producing also a dark variety, with the hind 

 wings suffused with black, and known as E. funcrca. 



2. E. cribrum, X.— Expanse, 1^ to If inch. Fore wings 

 elongate, whitish, with dark grey lines and cross-stripes; 

 hind wings grey. 



Antenna) of the male with short, regular, distinct pectina- 

 tions, which are ciliated with fine bristles and of a dark grey 

 colour, the shaft being whitish. Head grey in front, whitish 

 above ; thorax greyish-white, with two round black spots on 

 the back of the collar, and one on each shoulder-lappet ; 



