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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  grow 
  abundantly 
  on 
  the 
  slaty 
  and 
  shaly 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighbourhood 
  of 
  Rhoden 
  it 
  chooses 
  bare 
  and 
  sterile 
  places, 
  that 
  are 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  an 
  area 
  rich 
  in 
  herbage, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  wild 
  

   flowers, 
  where 
  grow 
  Ononis 
  repens 
  and 
  Marrubium 
  vulgare. 
  Here 
  

   it 
  lives 
  with 
  Wheeleria 
  migadactyla 
  (spilodactyla), 
  each 
  strictly 
  confined 
  

   to 
  its 
  own 
  particular 
  foodplant. 
  Noicken 
  observes 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  Baltic 
  

   Provinces, 
  it 
  occurs 
  on 
  dry 
  calcareous 
  ground, 
  formerly 
  under 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  near 
  Colljall 
  (not 
  far 
  from 
  Massa 
  Krug), 
  appears 
  by 
  the 
  

   roadside 
  where 
  Ononis 
  hircina 
  grows 
  in 
  quantity. 
  Crombrugghe, 
  too, 
  

   observes 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  locally 
  abundant 
  at 
  Rochefort, 
  in 
  Belgium, 
  but 
  

   here 
  also 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  calcareous 
  soils. 
  

  

  British 
  localities. 
  — 
  Very 
  local, 
  and 
  apparently 
  almost 
  confined 
  to 
  

   the 
  southern 
  and 
  midland 
  counties 
  of 
  England. 
  Berks: 
  Beading 
  (Porritt), 
  

   Basildon, 
  Streatley, 
  Brad 
  field 
  (Young), 
  Newbury 
  (Chorley). 
  Bucks: 
  Marlow 
  (A. 
  

   H. 
  Clarke), 
  Drayton 
  Beauchainp 
  (N. 
  C. 
  Rothschild). 
  Cambridge: 
  Cambridge 
  

   (Stainton). 
  Cornwall: 
  the 
  Lizard 
  (Marshall). 
  Denbigh 
  : 
  the 
  Leet 
  (Arkle). 
  

   Devon: 
  Sidmouth 
  (Raynor), 
  Torquay 
  (Fox), 
  Starcross 
  (James), 
  Exmouth, 
  

   Teignmouth 
  (teste 
  Leech). 
  Dorset 
  : 
  Purbeck 
  district 
  (Bankes), 
  Bloxworth 
  (Cam- 
  

   bridge), 
  Charmouth, 
  Lyme 
  Regis, 
  Lulworth 
  (C. 
  W. 
  Dale), 
  Isle 
  of 
  Portland 
  

   (Richardson). 
  Essex: 
  Benfleet 
  (Whittle), 
  Witham 
  (Cansdale). 
  Gloucester: 
  

   Dursley 
  (Barfclett), 
  Painswick 
  district 
  (Watkins). 
  Hants 
  : 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight, 
  coast 
  

   districts 
  — 
  Ventnor 
  (South). 
  Hereford: 
  Leominster 
  (Hutchinson). 
  Tarrington 
  

   (J. 
  H. 
  Wood). 
  Herts 
  : 
  Tring 
  (Barraud), 
  Sandridge 
  (Griffith). 
  Kent 
  : 
  Cuxton, 
  Lee, 
  

   Bexley 
  (Bower), 
  Folkestone, 
  St. 
  Margaret's 
  Bay, 
  Dover 
  (Tutt), 
  near 
  Darenth 
  Wood 
  

   and 
  Greenhithe 
  (Stephens), 
  Alkham 
  (Stainton), 
  Folkestone 
  (Sang), 
  Maidstone 
  

   (teste 
  Leech). 
  Norfolk: 
  Hunstanton 
  (Atmore). 
  Oxford 
  (Barrett). 
  Surrey: 
  

   Oxted, 
  Riddlesdown 
  (Sheldon), 
  Reigate 
  (Gill), 
  Box 
  Hill 
  (Machin), 
  Mickleham, 
  

   common 
  (Stainton), 
  Sanderstead 
  (Sang), 
  Leatherhead. 
  Bookham 
  (C. 
  A. 
  Briggs), 
  

   Dorking 
  (Barrett), 
  Croydon, 
  Caterham 
  Valley, 
  Epsom 
  (C. 
  A. 
  Briggs). 
  Sussex: 
  

   Brighton 
  downs 
  (Vine). 
  Wilts 
  (Barrett). 
  Worcester: 
  Middleyards 
  Coppice, 
  

   Bredon 
  (Edwards), 
  Tenbury 
  (Digby). 
  [York: 
  Huddersfield 
  (Hobkirk) 
  [Porritt 
  

   notes 
  (Supp. 
  List 
  Yorks 
  Lep., 
  p. 
  260) 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  almost 
  certainly 
  an 
  error] 
  .] 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  Europe, 
  Livonia, 
  southeast 
  France, 
  Italy, 
  

   Greece, 
  southeast 
  Russia 
  (Rebel). 
  Austro-Hungart 
  : 
  Bohemia 
  (Nickerl), 
  

   upper 
  Austria 
  (Mann), 
  Styria 
  (Treitschke), 
  Galicia 
  (Garbowski), 
  Budapest 
  district 
  

   (Aigner), 
  Tyrol 
  district 
  — 
  Bozen 
  (Mann). 
  Belgium: 
  Rochefort, 
  common, 
  

   Liege 
  (Crombrugghe), 
  Namur, 
  Dinant, 
  common 
  (Lambillion). 
  Channel 
  Isles: 
  

   Guernsey 
  — 
  Le 
  Gouffre 
  (Luff). 
  France: 
  Aube 
  (Jourdheuille), 
  Saone-et-Loire 
  

   (Constant), 
  Pont 
  de 
  l'Arche 
  district— 
  Lery 
  (Dupont), 
  Foret 
  de 
  Bondy 
  (Begrand), 
  

   Doubs 
  — 
  Maison 
  Rouge 
  (Bruand), 
  Auvergne 
  — 
  Gravenoire 
  (Sand). 
  Germany: 
  

   Hanover 
  — 
  Hanover 
  (Reinhold), 
  Rhine 
  Provinces— 
  Cref 
  eld 
  district, 
  Traar, 
  Trier, 
  

   Aix, 
  Cologne 
  (Stollwerck), 
  Bonn 
  (Jordan), 
  Hesse-Nassau 
  — 
  Wiesbaden, 
  Mombach 
  

   (Rossler), 
  Frankfort-on-Main, 
  Florsheim 
  (Koch), 
  Cassel 
  (Ebert), 
  Waldeck 
  — 
  

   Wildungen, 
  Korbach, 
  Rhoden 
  (Speyer), 
  Thuringia 
  — 
  Jena 
  (Knapp), 
  Saxony 
  — 
  Erfurt 
  

   (Keferstein 
  and 
  Werneburg), 
  Weissenfels 
  (Hofmann), 
  Halle 
  (Stange), 
  Dessau 
  

   (Richter), 
  Muhlhausen, 
  Sommerda 
  (Jordan), 
  [Silesia 
  — 
  Gorlitz 
  (Mdschler),] 
  Bavaria 
  

   — 
  Regensburg, 
  on 
  the 
  Winzerbergen, 
  near 
  Weinting, 
  Gebraching 
  (Hofmann 
  and 
  

   Herrich-Schaffer), 
  Wiirttemberg 
  (Steudel 
  and 
  Hofmann), 
  Baden 
  — 
  near 
  Freiburg, 
  

   Carlsruhe 
  (Reutti), 
  Kaiserstubl, 
  Barenthal 
  (Feldberg), 
  Mahlberg, 
  Lahr, 
  Ettlingen, 
  

   Durlach, 
  Tauberbischofsheim, 
  Speier 
  (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler), 
  Alsace 
  — 
  Colmar 
  

   (Peyerimhoff 
  ) 
  , 
  Rhine 
  Palatinate 
  (Bertram). 
  [Italy: 
  Piedmont 
  valleys 
  — 
  Pre 
  St. 
  

   Didier 
  (Tutt).] 
  Netherlands 
  : 
  Limburg 
  — 
  near 
  Maastricht 
  (Snellen). 
  Russia 
  : 
  

   Baltic 
  Provinces 
  — 
  Colljall 
  (Noicken), 
  Volga 
  district, 
  rare 
  (Eversmann). 
  Switzer- 
  

   land 
  : 
  rare 
  — 
  Zurich, 
  Schloss-Kyburg, 
  near 
  Winterthur 
  (Frey). 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  : 
  Oxyptilin^e. 
  

  

  This 
  subfamily, 
  included 
  by 
  Hiibner 
  (Verzeichniss, 
  p. 
  430) 
  among 
  

   the 
  Ambhjptiliae, 
  was 
  separated 
  therefrom 
  by 
  Zeller, 
  in 
  1841 
  (Isis, 
  

   p. 
  765), 
  who 
  included 
  the 
  typical 
  Amblyptiliids 
  as 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  his 
  

  

  