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attracted by light, and the female also to a less extent. Very 

 widely distributed in England, but not usually very common. 

 Perhaps most plentiful in the New Forest, Hants, and in 

 more moderate numbers throughout the southern counties to 

 Devonshire ; less common in the eastern and midland coun- 

 ties, but found as far west as Swansea, Glamorganshire, and 

 northward to Lincolnshire and some parts of Yorkshire. 

 Further north I find no record, and Mr. Birchall's statement 

 that it was not uncommon in Ireland appears not to be 

 confirmed. Abroad it is widely distributed and sometimes 

 abundant in Central Europe and all the temperate portions 

 of Northern Europe, in Northern Italy, Spain, and Greece. 

 It has probably also a very wide range in Asia ; from Japan 

 it is received, quite ty]^)ical in both sexes; from Northern 

 India much larger, with typical markings and very handsome, 

 some of the females expanding to o^ inches, but named 

 siuperans, and a slightly different variety, concolor. Another 

 large form, white, with the markings of the middle of the 

 fore wings partially obsolete, from Bhotan, is named cara ; 

 it also is found in Sumatra and Borneo. Thus the variation 

 in Asia appears to be in the direction of whiteness and large 

 size, with suppression of the black markings, while in Europe 

 it is in the opposite direction. 



Genus 5. L-ffiLIA. 



Antennte of the male of moderate length, very strongly pecti- 

 nated ; of the female short and slender ; fore wings of the male 

 very broad, of the female much narrower ; legs not tufted. 



1. L. csenosa, Euh. — Expanse U to 1| inch. White; 

 fore wings of the male clouded with yellowish drab. 



Antennae of the male large and prominent, sHghtly curved ; 

 very strongly pectinated, the rows of long, solid, ciliated teeth 

 inclining towards each other ; grey with the shaft white ; 

 palpi yellow ; head and thorax creamy-white, tinged with 

 buff ; abdomen slender, whitish. Fore wings very broad and 



