The moth flies in late June and in July, and may be disturbed in the daytime from buckthorn bushes. It is widely distributed, and often common in the South of England, but is rare in the north; and has also been recorded from South Wales. NOTE.--This species has been referred to _transversata_, Hufnagel, and as this is an earlier name it may have to be adopted. According to Prout, both this and the preceding species should be placed in the genus _Philereme_, Hubner. SMALL PHOENIX (_Eustroma silaceata_). In its typical form (Plate 63, Fig. 3) the blackish band of the fore wings is entire, but in ab. _insulata_, Haworth (Fig. 4), this band is interrupted by two whitish lines along the median veins, and so divided into three or four portions, the smaller section placed between the lines; occasionally, the dividing lines assume stripe-like proportions, and the main portions are consequently smaller in size and further from each other, but one "island" still remains. In another form, the lower outer corner is distinctly separate from the costal portion; thus the band is broken into four parts. [Illustration] 2 Pl. 62. 1. THE TISSUE: _caterpillar_. 2. SCALLOP SHELL: _caterpillar_. 3. SCARCE TISSUE: _caterpillar_. [Illustration] 2 Pl. 63. 1, 2. THE PHOENIX. 3, 4. SMALL PHOENIX. 5-7. THE CHEVRON. 8-10. NORTHERN SPINACH. {163} The long caterpillar is green, with a reddish-brown stripe along the back; this is broken up into spots, except on the first three rings; there are some reddish-brown spots on the sides. It feeds on various kinds of willow herb (_Epilobium_), and enchanter's nightshade (_Circaea lutetiana_) in July, and sometimes in August and September. The moth should be looked for in beech and other woods amongst the food plants, from which, and the surrounding herbage, it is readily evicted. It flies at twilight, and later on, when it has been known to visit the sugar patch; it is also attracted by light. It is out in May and June, and specimens of a second generation sometimes occur in the South. The species occurs locally throughout England, probably Wales, and in Scotland up to Ross. In Ireland, it is widely distributed and locally common in the North, but apparently not noted in the South. NETTED CARPET (_Lygris reticulata_). The white veins and white lines passing through the blackish blotches at the base and on the front margin of the fore wings, give these wings a curious netted appearance; the hind wings are smoky grey, with two white lines which appear to be continuations of the white second line and sub-marginal of the fore wings. (Plate 61, Fig. 1.)