. The moths of the British Isles . QUADRIFIN.^. Cp a JThe Golden Plusia {Plusia monetd). The British history of the grey tinged pale golden species, shown on Plate 22, Fig. 4, dates back only to 1890. In year, on July 2, Fig. 2. Golden Plusia at rest. (Photo by H. Main.) , of Watergate,Ems worth, found aspecimen in his illumi-nated moth trap ; thiswas noted in the E71-tomologist for August,1890. From subse-quent records it ap-pears that a specimenhad been taken on thesame date at a gaslamp near Reading,by Mr. W. Holland ;whilst one was cap-tured, at a light, nearTunbridge Wells o

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. The moths of the British Isles . QUADRIFIN.^. Cp a JThe Golden Plusia {Plusia monetd). The British history of the grey tinged pale golden species, shown on Plate 22, Fig. 4, dates back only to 1890. In year, on July 2, Fig. 2. Golden Plusia at rest. (Photo by H. Main.) , of Watergate,Ems worth, found aspecimen in his illumi-nated moth trap ; thiswas noted in the E71-tomologist for August,1890. From subse-quent records it ap-pears that a specimenhad been taken on thesame date at a gaslamp near Reading,by Mr. W. Holland ;whilst one was cap-tured, at a light, nearTunbridge Wells onJuly I. The earliestBritish specimen, how-ever, was one nettedwhilst hovering overflowers oi Delphiniumat Dover, on June 25of the same year, butthis was not announceduntil October. Sinceits arrival here the species seems to have spread overEngland at a great rate, and it has recently been reported from.

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