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Herbula cespitalis, Schiff. 



aordidalis, lib, 



(Plate 3. fig. 2.) 



Loc. Scotland (widely distributed), Ardrossan, Arran, 

 Shetland, Orkney, Kugby, Marlborough, Plymouth, 

 Bristol, Wirral, Loggerheads, Hastings, Suffolk, Bram- 

 ham, Riehmond (York.), Sheffield, Aldeby, Norwich, 

 Merton, St. Osyth, Pembroke, Ireland, Folkestone, 

 Southend. 



A common coast-insect in May and August. The 

 females are smaller and stronger marked than the males. 

 The larvse, which are gregarious, live in a web on the 

 lower leaves of Plantago lanceolata and major, also on 

 Salvia. 



Ground-colour of larva dull smoky brownish black ; 

 head and second segment wainscot-brown, freckled with 

 dark brown ; dorsal line dark, edged with grey ; spira- 

 cular stripe dingy ochreous ; tubercles polished, black, 

 encircled with grey ; spiracles black, with minute white 

 centres ; ventral surface and prolegs paler than the 

 dorsal area ; the anterior legs tipped with dark brown 

 and encircled with black at the base. The larva pupates 

 in a stiff white cocoon. E. M. M, xxi. 30. 



EnnycMa cingulata, L. 

 cingulalis, Schiff. 

 (Plate 3. fig. 3.) 

 Loc. Scotland (widely distributed), Dumbarton, Ply- 

 mouth, Bristol, Clevedon, Wallasey sandhills, Logger- 



