196 LEPIDOPTERA. 



The moth sits iu the daytime on the branches of ti'ees, 

 and has even been observed, before its wings were fully 

 spread, running up the tree trunks to attain the branches. 

 When shaken out it falls straight to the ground and lies 

 among the dead leaves. At dusk it flies, and is exceedingly 

 fond of sweets, settling down to the sugar placed on a tree 

 trunk, and allowing itself to be captured by the hand, though 

 on first arrival at the sugar it flutters a little and will fly off 

 if disturbed. 



In woods and open wooded districts ; common in most of 

 the Southern and Eastern counties, but scarce in the 

 Cambridge fen district, and in Somerset and Devon. In 

 Wales it must occur, though I find no record ; but it is found 

 in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, very locally in Warwick- 

 shire, Staffordshire, and Lancashire, and widely distributed 

 in Yorkshire. In Scotland it is recorded from Perthshire, 

 Lanark, Ayr, Arran and other parts of Argyleshire, and in 

 other localities to Ross-shire and Moray, in hill districts 

 reaching an altitude 1200 feet ; also in Shetland. 



In Ireland it had been taken at Garinish Island, Kerry, by 

 the Hon. Emily Lawless, also at Killarney, in Wicklow, 

 Down, Lough Swilly, Donegal, and other wooded districts. 



Abroad it extends through Central and Northern Europe, 

 North Italy, Southern and Eastern Russia, and Siberia. 



2. C. fluctuosa, Hiib. — Expanse 1^ to If inch. Body 

 slender ; fore wings very broad, silvery- white, rippled and 

 banded with purplish-grey ; no black dots beyond the band ; 

 hind wings whitish. 



Antennse short and rather thick, curved, ciliated, light- 

 brown ; face blackish-brown, back of the head pale brown ; 

 thorax slightly crested at the back, pale brown, collar and 

 shoulder-lappets white, edged with purple-grey ; abdomen 

 smooth, whitey-brown, with minute lateral tufts, but rather 

 long compressed anal tuft. Fore wings very broad, shining; 

 costa arched at the base and rounded to the apex, which is 



