ANTHOPHILA. 97 



The moth flies in damp meadows in June and July, and is 

 very plentiful at Killarney, and is also found in some localities 

 in Devonshire and Cornwall. 



The larva lives on grass, and especially on sedge (Carex). 

 It rests, stretched out at full length, upon the blades of grass, 

 and loops in walking. When young, it is a tiny greenish 

 creature, with brown dots, each bearing a small fine hair. 

 After each moult the green colour becomes more intense, and 

 when full-grown it is slender, cylindrical, and about an inch in 

 length. It is then velvety-green, with a yellowish-green head. 

 There is a dark dorsal line, and a fine pale green sub-dorsal 

 line. The spiracular line is light yellow, and broad, and on it 

 the spiracles show brownish. The last segments are the palest, 

 and the ventral surface is also paler. 



GENUS ANTHOPHILA. 



Antophila, Hiibner, Tentamen, p. 2 (1810?) 



Anthophila, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 93 (1816); 



Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 273 (1826); nee 



Haworth ; nee Guenee^ restr. 



Eromene, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 256 (1822?). 

 Micra, Guene*e, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, x. p. 224 (1841) ; 



id. Spec. Gen. Lpid. Noct. ii. p. 241 (1852), nom prceocc. 

 Thalpochares, Lederer, Noct. Eur. p. 43 (1857). 



These are small day-flying Nocfua, which are usually scarce 

 in collections, rather because they are likely to be over- 

 looked than from their actual rarity. They are found flying 

 in weedy places. The type of the genus is A. purpurina 

 (Den. & Schiff.), a South European Moth ; an allied species is 

 noticed below. 



The antennae are short, and finely ciliated in the male. 

 Palpi rather short, ascending, scaly, with the last joint distinct 

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