3o6 LEPIDOPTERA. 



commonly in Carmarthensliire. In Scotland it is said to 

 have been noticed at Dumfries. In Ireland a single specimen 

 has been taken by Colonel Partridge at Enniskillen. 



Abroad it is found in France, Belgium, Southern r4erniany, 

 and other parts of Central Europe ; at Gibraltar (where it 

 has been taken at ivy bloom in October) ; in Northern 

 Africa ; Egypt, commonly ; Syria and Bithynia. 



7. A. exclamationis, L. — Expanse U to 1 ^ inch.— Collar 

 broadly barred with black ; fore wings narrow, obtuse, 

 pale brown, with the three stigmata black, the claviforra 

 long and conspicuous ; hind wings whitish. Colour in 

 the female often more reddish-brown, with the hind wings 

 grey-brown. 



Antennae of the male pectinated with extremely short 

 teeth, which are surmounted by small tufts of fine bristles ; 

 dark brown ; palpi tufted, brown, apical joint very small ; 

 head and collar pale brown, the latter with a central trans- 

 verse conspicuous bar of deep black ; thorax brown, or 

 reddish-brown, very slightly crested at the top and back ; 

 fascicles long, white, followed by an abundance of long 

 whitish hair-scales on the basal segments of the abdomen, 

 which is otherwise pale brown ; lateral and anal tufts small. 

 Fore wings rather narrow ; costal and dorsal margins very 

 faintly rounded ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin 

 almost truncate, but elbowed below the middle, notwith- 

 standing which the anal angle is rather full ; smooth pale 

 brown, either of an umbreous or reddish shade, nervures 

 usually a very little darker ; basal line either absent or 

 indicated in blackish near the costa ; first line usually 

 obscure or absent, when visible nearly perpendicular, black, 

 repeatedly indented ; second line also usually obscure or 

 absent, when present rather fully curved and forming a 

 series of crescents with darker points, which partially enclose 

 a series of pale cloudy dots ; this line is rather variable in 



