BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 6: IW3 



L. but has also been found on .S'. uliginosa Murray ( - .S'. alsine) (Klimesch, 1954) 

 and ,S'. media (L.) Vill. (Siissner, 1966) on the Continent. Moths have been caught 

 in open woodland from early July to the beginning of September. 



Scarce and local in England north of Gloucestershire. Abroad in Europe, except 

 the southern part. 



Acknowledgements 



I am most grateful to David Agassiz for his advice and valuable comments and 

 to Dr Klaus Sattler for information and loan of material. Furthermore I am indebted 

 to the late E. C. Pelham-Clinton and P. A. Sokoloff for remarks on the manuscript 

 and distribution data. The genitalia photographs were taken by the Photographic 

 Unit of the BM(NH). 



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