﻿490 
  BKITISH 
  LEPIDOPTEEA. 
  

  

  Libin, 
  whilst 
  Crombrugghe 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Forest 
  of 
  

   Soignes, 
  in 
  somewhat 
  shady 
  places. 
  Bankes 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  

   extremely 
  local 
  species 
  in 
  Dorset, 
  where, 
  although 
  its 
  foodplant 
  is 
  

   abundant 
  both 
  away 
  from, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on, 
  the 
  coast, 
  the 
  insect 
  appears 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  only 
  found 
  at 
  one 
  inland 
  station, 
  viz., 
  Bloxworth. 
  He 
  adds 
  : 
  

   " 
  Personally 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  coast-line, 
  but 
  have 
  

   there 
  found 
  it 
  in, 
  and 
  on, 
  various 
  warm 
  hollows 
  and 
  slopes 
  on 
  

   sheltered 
  strips 
  of 
  undercliff. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  spots 
  lie 
  fully 
  exposed 
  to 
  

   the 
  east, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  protected 
  from 
  the 
  prevalent 
  west 
  and 
  south- 
  

   west 
  winds. 
  C. 
  heterodactyla, 
  in 
  my 
  experience, 
  is 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  any 
  

   particular 
  kind 
  of 
  soil." 
  W. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Fletcher 
  finds 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  common 
  

   on 
  Hayling 
  Island. 
  

  

  Localities.— 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  local 
  in 
  England, 
  has 
  been 
  

   once 
  reported 
  from 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  only 
  from 
  Ireland, 
  without 
  details, 
  by 
  

   Gregson 
  (Ent., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  306). 
  Beeks 
  : 
  Heading 
  (Bazett), 
  Boar's 
  Hill 
  (Sedg- 
  

   wick). 
  Cheshire: 
  Bidston 
  (Brockholes), 
  Pettypool 
  Wood 
  (Gregson), 
  Delarnere 
  

   Forest 
  (Greening), 
  Birkenhead 
  (Stain 
  ton). 
  [? 
  Cornwall 
  : 
  Botus 
  Fleming 
  

   (Marshall), 
  recorded 
  as 
  hieracii.'] 
  Denbigh 
  : 
  Llanferras, 
  Pen-y-Garrowin, 
  

   Pant 
  Moen 
  (Gregson). 
  Devon 
  (teste 
  Barrett). 
  Dorset 
  : 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  

   (Bankes), 
  Isle 
  of 
  Portland 
  (Richardson), 
  Bloxworth 
  (Cambridge), 
  Weymouth 
  

   (liichardson). 
  Durham 
  : 
  Darlington 
  (Stainton). 
  Gloucester 
  : 
  common 
  — 
  

   near 
  Durdham 
  Down, 
  Almondsbury 
  (Hudd), 
  Bristol 
  (Stainton). 
  Hants 
  : 
  

   Hayling 
  Island 
  (W. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Fletcher), 
  New 
  Forest 
  (Atmore). 
  Isle 
  or 
  Man 
  

   (Gregson, 
  Ent., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  306). 
  Kent 
  : 
  Folkestone 
  Warren 
  (Tutt), 
  Shoreham 
  

   (Bower), 
  Canterbury 
  (Parry). 
  Lancashire: 
  [Warrington 
  (teste 
  Leech). 
  Possibly 
  

   intended 
  for 
  Pettypool 
  Wood 
  (Tutt)] 
  , 
  Humphrey 
  Head 
  (Gregson). 
  Lincoln 
  : 
  

   Ashby, 
  near 
  Brigg 
  (Cassal). 
  Norfolk 
  : 
  Yarmouth, 
  Norwich, 
  Banworth 
  (Barrett), 
  

   King's 
  Lynn 
  (Atmore). 
  Northumberland: 
  Newcastle 
  (Stainton). 
  Somerset: 
  

   Leigh 
  Woods, 
  Brockley 
  Coombe 
  (Hudd), 
  Clevedon 
  (Mason). 
  Stafford: 
  Cannock 
  

   Chase 
  (Freer). 
  Suffolk: 
  Brandon 
  (Bower), 
  Bentley 
  (Burrows). 
  Surrey: 
  

   Crohamhurst, 
  near 
  Croydon 
  (Sheldon), 
  Box 
  Hill 
  (Bower). 
  Sussex 
  : 
  Tilgate 
  Forest 
  

   (South). 
  Sutherland 
  : 
  Extreme 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  (Cruttwell 
  teste 
  Holland). 
  

   Westmorland 
  : 
  Witherslack 
  (Gregson). 
  Worcester 
  : 
  Witley, 
  Hartlebury 
  

   Common 
  (Edwards). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  continental 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  unknown, 
  and, 
  even 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  1892, 
  examples 
  were 
  being 
  sent 
  

   out 
  by 
  Staudinger 
  as 
  Jiieracii 
  (see 
  Ent. 
  Bee, 
  iii., 
  p. 
  58). 
  Bossier 
  and 
  

   others, 
  however, 
  had 
  previously 
  almost 
  reached 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  diffi- 
  

   culty, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  1895 
  that 
  it 
  really 
  was 
  distinctly 
  recognised 
  

   as 
  a 
  species 
  apart 
  from 
  hieracii 
  (see 
  Hofmann, 
  Die 
  Deutsch. 
  Pteroph., 
  

   p. 
  116), 
  and, 
  as 
  recently 
  as 
  1900, 
  Crombrugghe 
  de 
  Picquendaele 
  felt 
  it 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  the 
  different 
  life-histories 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  insects* 
  

   [Her. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Namur, 
  iv., 
  p. 
  47 
  (1900)] 
  . 
  Belgium: 
  Forest 
  of 
  Libin, 
  very 
  

   abundant 
  (Derenne), 
  Forest 
  of 
  Soignes, 
  abundant 
  (Crombrugghe). 
  Germany: 
  

   Baden— 
  Hardtwald, 
  near 
  Karlsruhe 
  (Hofmann), 
  Heidelberg 
  (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler), 
  

   Schwarzwald 
  — 
  St. 
  Blasien 
  (Bischoff), 
  Todtmoos, 
  Geisinger 
  Bergen 
  (Meess- 
  

   and 
  Spuler), 
  Bhine 
  Provinces 
  — 
  Lorch-on-Bhine, 
  Dennelbach 
  Valley 
  (Bossier), 
  the 
  

   Senning, 
  Boeslingberg, 
  Bornich, 
  near 
  St. 
  Goarshausen 
  (Fuchs), 
  Bavaria— 
  the 
  

   Donauberg, 
  Kelheim 
  (Schmid), 
  Hanover 
  (Glitz), 
  Marktsteft, 
  near 
  Wurzburg, 
  

   Wurttemberg 
  — 
  Urach 
  (Hofmann). 
  Spain: 
  Moncayo 
  (Chapman). 
  

  

  * 
  Having 
  reared 
  both 
  species, 
  Crombru°rghe 
  de 
  Picquendaele 
  writes: 
  "The 
  

   larva 
  of 
  O. 
  hieracii 
  feeds 
  on 
  Hieracia, 
  chiefly 
  H. 
  laevigatum, 
  that 
  of 
  G. 
  heterodactyla 
  

   will 
  eat 
  only 
  Teucrium 
  scorodonia, 
  refusing 
  entirely 
  Hieracia. 
  Their 
  mode 
  of 
  life, 
  

   too, 
  differs 
  completely 
  — 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  hieracii, 
  far 
  from 
  exposing 
  itself, 
  lives 
  hidden 
  

   in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  and 
  folds 
  the 
  young 
  leaves, 
  and 
  only 
  quits 
  this 
  hiding- 
  

   place 
  when 
  fullfed, 
  wandering 
  off 
  then 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  suitable 
  pupation-place. 
  That 
  of 
  

   heterodactyla 
  feeds 
  openly 
  on 
  the 
  stem, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  leaves. 
  The 
  pupae 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   species, 
  too, 
  differ 
  markedly 
  — 
  that 
  of 
  hieracii 
  has 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  carmine-red 
  spines 
  

   separated 
  by 
  black 
  points; 
  these 
  are 
  wanting 
  in 
  heterodactyla^ 
  (Rev. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  

   Namur, 
  iv., 
  pp. 
  47-48). 
  

  

  