The caterpillar is somewhat similar to that of the last species; it feeds on clovers and trefoils in July and August, but so far does not seem to have been noted to eat grasses. [Illustration] 2 Pl. 28. 1. THE NI MOTH: _caterpillar_. 2. SCARCE SILVER Y: _caterpillar_. [Illustration] 2 Pl. 29. 1. LUNAR DOUBLE STRIPE. 2. THE ALCHYMIST. 3. CLIFDEN NONPAREIL. {77} The moth is on the wing at the end of May and in June, and inhabits similar kinds of places to those mentioned for the last species, often in company with it, and also with the Burnet moths. Widely distributed over the greater part of the British Isles; common in some southern localities. Its distribution abroad extends to Amurland, and in Japan it is represented by the larger and paler form _consors_, Butler. _Leucanitis_ (_Ophiusa_) _stolida_, Fab.--An example of this species, which is a native of Africa and South Europe, was captured by Mr. J. Jager in the neighbourhood of Dartmouth, S. Devon. It was in fine condition, and came to sugar on September 23, 1903. THE LUNAR DOUBLE STRIPE (_Pseudophia lunaris_). The portrait of this species on Plate 29, Fig. 1, is taken from a Spanish example. Exceedingly few British specimens have been recorded. The earliest seems to be the following: "Among my cabinet specimens there is one example of _Ophiodes lunaris_, captured at the Lowestoft Light in 1832. I conclude this is a great rarity, having seen many cabinets without it.--E. Chawner." _Entom._ vi. p. 147 (1872-73). Presumably this is the same specimen as that mentioned by Stainton (1857), Newman (1869), and later authors, as taken in Hants by Captain Chawner. In 1860 one example was obtained at sugar at West Wickham; and in 1864 Bouchard caught two specimens at Killarney. On June 17, 1873, one came to sugar in Abbots Wood, Sussex; one at Brighton in June, 1874, and another in Sussex, May, 1875. One specimen came to light in Norfolk, May, 1878; and one to sugar at Folkestone, May, 1892. In June, 1901, a specimen was secured in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, also at sugar. Dr. B. White's record of a capture at Perth makes a total of eleven specimens. {78} The caterpillar is ochreous brown, sprinkled and lined with reddish brown; a stripe low down along the sides is reddish orange. It feeds, in July and August, on the leaves of oak and poplar, but it has not been found in our Isles. THE ALCHYMIST (_Catephia alchymista_).