46 STENIIAD^E. 



Easily disturbed by day from herbage on dry rocky 

 ground. 



The larva is pale greenish yellow, with reddish lines 

 and black tubercles ; head small, polished, black ; 

 shoulder-plate marked with two black spots. It feeds 

 in spring on Linaria spuria. Mill. 



Note. — In the Canary Islands this species must be 

 double-brooded, as fresh specimens occur in April and 

 May. 



Nascia cilialis, Hb. 

 amttalis, Ev., Gn. 

 (Plate 6. fig. 4.) 

 Loc. Cambridge Fens. 



Appears in May and June. 



This species frequents boggy places, and often comes 

 to light. 



Stenia pnnctalis, Sckiff. 



rftnaalis, Dup. 



(Plate 6. fig. 5.) 



Loc. Plymouth, Sydmoutb, Exmouth, Weston-super- 

 Mare, Sheffield, Hastings, Pett, Ventnor, Brighton, 

 Dover. 



This species occurs in June and again in August. 



The larva feeds on Lotus corniculatus (bird's-foot 

 trefoil), clover, knapweed, and plantain in the autumn. 

 It hybernates in a slight web amongst its food-plant, 

 and pupates the following May in a tough cocoon 

 covered with bits of leaves &c. 



Larva : skin shiny ; ground-colour pale yellowish 



