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a similar bar. Hindwings grey, discal spot and subterminal 

 suflFusion darker. 



Britain to Ross, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. Eiu'ope ; 

 9, 10. Larva pale greenish -ochi'eous, freckled with black, 

 forming dorsal series of diamonds ; dorsal line pale, interrupted, 

 black-edged ; spiracular pale, blackish-edged above : on oak ; 

 4-6. The larva rests by day on the oak-trunks, whose colouring 

 it mimics. 



14. P. chi, L. 31-37 mm. Forewings white sprinkled with 

 pale brownish ; lines waved-dentate, edged with light brownish ; 

 orbicular and reniform outlined with brownish ; claviform semi- 

 oval, posteriorly outlined with black, more or less connected 

 with a black mark on anterior edge of second line ; sometimes 

 some black wedge-shaped marks before subterminal line. Hind- 

 wings in ^ white; in 9 fuscous-whitish, with two posterior 

 fnscous shades. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, common, scarce in sonth; 

 N. and C. Europe, NW. Asia ; 7-9. Larva pale green ; dorsal 

 and subdorsal lines whitish ; spiracular broad, white, edged 

 above with suffused dark green : on hawthorn, Rumex, Sonchus, 

 etc. ; 4, 5. 



15. P. flavicincta, F. 37-44 mm. Forewings very pale 

 greyish-ochreous, mixed with grey and whitish, and irregularly 

 marked with pale orange, especially on edges of spots and sub- 

 terminal line ; spots and lines obscurely margined with grey, 

 median shade grey. Hindwings grey-whitish, postmedian and 

 subterminal shades grey. 



England, E. Ireland, common ; C. (except EC.) and SW. 

 Europe; 8, 9. Larva pale green ; dorsal line darker; spiracular 

 white, sometimes black-edged above : on birch, Rumex, StcUaria, 

 etc.; 5-7. 



16. P. xanthomista, Hb. {iiuirocincta, Tr.) 36-40 mm. 

 Forewings pale grey, mixed with blackish and whitish, median 

 area snffusedly darker ; a short median basal streak, vein 1 b, 

 edges of spots and subterminal line marked with orange-yellow. 

 Hindwings in $, white, in $ uniform rather dai'k grey. 



Cornwall, Devon, Isle of Man, local ; C. (except EC.) Europe ; 

 S, 9. Larva brown ish-ochreous, posteriorly orange-tinged ; 

 dorsal and spiracular lines pale ; head pale brown : on SUene, 

 Statice, Planta(/o, etc.; 6, 7. 



3. Dasypolia, Gn. 

 Head densely I'ough-haircd ; eyes glabrous, ciliated. Tongue 



