A smaller moth than the last specimen described.
The fore-wings are olive-brown, violet-grey towards the
margins. The two colours are separated by an oblique
whitish line from the apex to the middle of the inner
margin. The hind-wings are grey, shading off lighter to
the base, and are veined with brown. It is not an
English species, but is very commonly found in Teneriffe,
on rough ground, among cactus, &c., in the early
spring, at no great distance from the coast. It inhabits
South Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia.