214 BEITISH BUTTEKFLIES AND MOTHS 



The perfect insect makes its appearance early in June, 

 and continues to distract the attention of the collector 

 till quite the end of summer, as it is always flying be- 

 fore him with its peculiar mazy flight when he is look- 

 ing for game of more importance ; many hundreds are 

 turned out of the net every year, having been captured 

 in the hopes of being something better. 



The allied Simaethis pariana is common in gardens, 

 but is more freely obtained in the larva state, the larva 

 feeding on apple and hawthorn. The very pretty silver- 

 spangled Choreutes scintillulanais found in boggy places 

 amongst Scutellaria, and the rare C. vibrana amongst 

 flea-bane (Inula dysenterica). 



FAMILY XIII. EUDOREID^E. 

 EUDOREA FREQUENTELLA. 



This dull-looking little moth is common, and gene- 

 rally distributed throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is nearly f inch. The 

 fore-wings are pale grey, with two transverse paler lines, 

 one before the middle, the other beyond the middle ; 

 the first is followed by a dark greyish-ochreous band 

 in which are two black spots, one above the other ; a 

 little beyond the middle is a black X-like mark filled 

 up with grey ; beyond the second transverse pale line 

 are two dark grey blotches, one from the costa, the 

 other from the inner margin, sometimes they unite to 

 form a band, attenuated in the middle ; beyond this, 

 on the middle of the hind margin, is a small dark grey 

 blotch. 



The larva is dull yellowish-green, with the head dark 

 brown, and the second segment black ; the spots are 



