Insects. 



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grisoac, margine terminali late albo. Alae posticae albac, vix 

 luteo tinctae, margine interno laevissime griseo, dilute. Caput 

 collareque fulva. Thorax abdomenque murina, ano in mare 

 luteo, in fcemina concolori. 



Common in central and southern France, in June. It may be met 

 with in the interior of towns, of houses and of public buildings. I 

 have found it even in the highest galleries of the cathedral at Chartres. 



The larva lives principally, perhaps exclusively, on the lichens 

 which grow on the walls, and especially on the tiles, of the roofs. It is 

 of a brownish earthy colour, with a black dorsal line, and with subdorsal 

 lines of a pale orange colour, continuous, although concealed at the 

 incisions, and slightly bordered with black. The spiracular line is 

 also orange-coloured and continuous. The head and feet are black. 

 It may be found in April and May. It is figured in Duponchel's 

 * Iconography of Larvae.' 



It is scarcely possible that L. albeola of Hiibner (No. 284) can be 

 referred to this species. Even in making allowance for the coarseness 

 of this figure, there still exists too great a difference for us to recog- 

 nize it as that of L. caniola. 



[The first British specimens of this species which I saw were taken 

 at Torquay, by Mr. King. Mr. Barrett met with it near Dublin, 

 where it has also been taken by Mr. Birchall. It has not, so far as I 

 am aware, been met with in any other locality in Britain. — 2>.] 



Sp. 11. Ltthosia costalis. [No British example]. 



Sp. 12. LlTHOSIA COMPLANA. 



Linn. S. N. 115, F. S. 1153 ; Reaum. i. p. 313, pi. 17, fig. 13, 14 ? 

 Geoff, ii. p. 191 (le manteau jaune) ; Wien. Verz. C. 4.; Fab. 

 53 ; Esp. pi. 92, fig. 8 (non 7) et pi. 185, fig. 9—11 ; Bork. 77 ; 

 Engr. 301, a, c (le manteau a tete jaune) ; View. No. 2 ; Schr. 

 1507 (le $ seul); Schw.; Kleem. p. 13, pi. 2, fig. 10—14; 

 Ochs. p. 129 ; God. v. p. 17, pi. 41 ; Frey, pi. 380, fig. 1 et pi. 

 687, fig. J ; Dup. Suppl. pi. 1, fig. 5 ; Fisch. v. Rosl. p. 55, 104, 

 pi. 42; Herr.-Sch. p. 158 = Depressa, Wood, 101. 



Alae anticae angustae, fere aequilatae, costa vix media convexa, pal- 

 lidas plumbeo-griseae, sericeae, nitentes, vitta costali lata, lutea, 

 usque ad apicem aequilata, costa ipsa tenuissime fulva; subtus 

 obscuriores, vitta costali integra margineque lato luteis, fasci- 

 culo versus medium costae squamoso, plicato. Alae posticae 



• utrinque pallide ochracese, immaculatae. Caput collareque 



