362 LEPIDOPTERA. 



as near Ely and Newmarket. Not very scarce on the heaths 

 of Surrey, Kent, Hants, Dorset, Berks, Bucks, Devon, 

 Suffolk and Norfolk ; rare in Sussex, and in Warwickshire, 

 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire ; also found in Cheshire, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Westmoreland and Cumberland ; in 

 Wales near Saundersfoot in the South, and Dolgelly in the 

 North. Much commoner and more widely distributed in 

 Scotland, and even abundant on the heathery hills of 

 Morayshire and Perthshire, and probably in all similar 

 localities, since it is found even in the Orkneys and Hebrides. 

 In Ireland also rather widely distributed, though very un- 

 certain in numbers ; occurring at Howth near Dublin, in 

 the hilly district of Wicklow, in Galway, and in the North 

 in the neighbourhood of Londonderry. Abroad its range 

 seems to be comparatively restricted, being apparently con- 

 fined to France, Belgium and Germany ; but it surely must 

 exist in Scandinavia. 



16. A. porphyrea, Rnh. ,• strigula, ^tnml. Cat. — 

 Expanse 1| inch. Fore wings purplish-red with white longi- 

 tudinal lines ; transverse lines and stigmata also edged with 

 white ; hind wings grey. 



Antenna of the male strongly notched with saw-like teeth, 

 each with a minute tuft of bristles at its apex, but termi- 

 nating beyond the middle, leaving the apical portion of the 

 antennie simple ; ciliated throughout, purplish-brown. 

 I'alpi and head densely tufted, bright purple-brown ; 

 collar very pretty, barred successively with fulvous, dai'k 

 purple-brown, and white, and having behind it another 

 white bar across the thorax, which, with the raised shoulder- 

 lappets, is rich purple-brown dusted and edged with 

 white, the crests on the top and back also tipped with white. 

 Fascicles yellowish-brown ; abdomen purplish-brown, with 

 the lateral and anal tufts more brightly coloured. Fore 

 wings narrow and rather truncate ; costal margin very 

 faintly curved ; dorsal margin straight ; apex bluntly angu- 



