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double-brooded, and the second generation on the wing in 

 September, the first would be out in March ! 



The moth hides, in the daytime, among leaves or plants on 

 the ground, or in sheltered situations such as thatch, and is 

 only seen by daylight when tumbled out from such a shelter. 

 It flies swiftly at dusk and after dark, comes freely to 

 sugared trees, and is very fond of ivy-bloom and even of 

 ripe blackberries, hanging to the bunches of over-ripe fruit 

 on warm autumn nights, till very late. It is somewhat 

 irregular in its appearances, abundant in some seasons, com- 

 paratively scarce in others, and is found in greater or 

 less numbers all over the East, ^South and South-west of 

 England, as well as in the fen districts ; also in less numbers 

 throughout the Midlands, and generally in Herefordshire, 

 Cheshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. In Cumberland and 

 Westmoreland it seems to be scarce. This also apjDears to be 

 the case in Scotland, where it is recorded in Roxburghshire, 

 Stirlingshire, Perthshire, and casually throughout that 

 country, occurring even in the Hebrides, and rarely in 

 Shetland. It also seems to be found in all parts of Ireland 

 to the extreme north, and in some districts commonly. 



Abroad its distribution is very wide — all parts of Europe 

 except the extreme north ; Egypt, Siberia, Western Asia 

 generally, India, China, Japan, Java, Nova Scotia, Canada, 

 part of the United States, indeed, all North America from 

 Hudson's Bay to Georgia and Texas ; also in New Zealand 

 and Honolulu. 



[A. crassa, Hilh. ; lata, ^r.— Of this rather widely dis- 

 tributed Continental species, which occurs in France, and of 

 which Mr. A. Hodges has obtained examples even in 

 Guernsey, a single specimen exists in the cabinet of Mr. S. 

 Stevens. It was received among a lot of common species 

 taken at Dover, and had most likely been accidentally 

 introduced from abroad. No other specimen seems to have 

 occurred. ] 



