256 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



and Limerick. Barrett states that a specimen has been taken 

 at Shap Fell in Westmorland. 



Abroad, the range extends to East Siberia. 



Many-lined Moth (^Phihalapteryx polygnimmata). 



The female example of this species, represented on Plate 102, 

 Fig. 5, is from Germany ; the male is somewhat paler and the 

 central markings less distinct. This form is var. coiijitiictaria, 

 Lederer, and most of the specimens formerly obtained in the 

 Cambridgeshire fens, chiefly Burwell and Wicken, were re- 

 ferable to it. The species has not been seen in its old fenland 

 haunts for very many years, and it is probably now extinct in 

 Britain. Specimens have been in the past (and still continue 

 to be) recorded from other British localities, but these on 

 investigation are found to be cases of mistaken identity. 

 C.vittata-ligiiata bears a strong likeness to P. polygramiiiata, 

 and is often confused with it, but in the latter the outer band 

 does not run to the tips of the fore wings, as it does in the 

 former species. 



Small Waved Umber {Phibalapteryx {Coenocalpe) 



vitalbaid). 



At first sight this moth (Plate 102, Fig. 7) might be mistaken 

 for a small specimen of the Waved Umber {Heinej'ophila 

 abruptaria\ but it will be noted that the dark stripe on the fore 

 wings starts from the middle of the inner margin, and runs to 

 just below the tips of the wings ; the outer margin of the hind 

 wings is not wavy, and the antennae of the male are not 



pectinated. 



The caterpillar, which feeds on traveller's joy {Cleinatis 

 vitalba), in June— July, and in September— October, is greyish 



