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indistinct ; an oblique dark brown apical suffusion. Hindwings 

 pale fuscous, yellowish-tinged, posteriorly suffused with dark 

 fuscous. 



Kent, a rare immigrant only ; S. Europe, S. Asia, Africa, 

 Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands ; 5-8. Larva on low 

 plants, polyphagous ; 6-4. 



10. P. ni, Hh. 27-34 mm. Abdomen m S with lateral 

 yellowish hairtufts on 5th segment. Forewings light brown, 

 mixed with purple-whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous; 

 lines pale, dark-edged, subbasal edged in disc posteriorly by an 

 oblique black mark, subterminal preceded on upper half by 

 some dark fuscous dashes ; an oblique U-shaped spot in disc 

 and small round usvially confluent spot beyond it paler, edged 

 with shining white, followed by a darker suffusion reaching 

 second line ; a fine double ochreous-whitish line before ternien. 

 Hindwings pale fuscous ; a broad dai-ker terminal band. 



Dorset to Cornwall, a scarce immigrant only ; S. Europe, C. 

 Asia to Japan, N. America, Africa ; 8, 9. 



11. P. interrogationis, L. 32-37 mm. Forewings fuscous, 

 suffusedly irroratcd w^ith whitish and sprinkled with black ; 

 subbasal, first, and second lines obscurely whitish, edged with 

 dark fuscous ; a shining whitish sometimes confluent V-shaped 

 mark and small round spot beyond it in disc, surrounded by a 

 dark fuscous suffusion ; rcniform partly outlined with shining- 

 whitish, with some dark fuscous suffusion ; subterminal line 

 edged anteriorly with dark fuscous, preceded by a brownish 

 suffusion. Hindwings light fuscous ; a dark fuscous terminal 

 band. 



Britain to Sutherland, Ireland, local, commoner northwards ; 

 N. and C. Europe, N. Asia ; 6, 7. Larva green ; dorsal line 

 darker, pale-edged ; subdorsal whitish-green ; lateral whitish- 

 green, darker-edged ; spiracular yellow ; head green : on Erica, 

 Calluna, Urtica, etc. ; 5, 6. 



12. P. tripartita, Ilt/^n. (urticae, Hb.) 29-35 mm. Fore- 

 wings light purplish-fuscous, median band darker dorsally ; a 

 grey whitish-edged dorsal blotch before first line ; first and 

 second lines edged internally with black, externally with 

 brownish, second followed dorsally by a whitish suffusion ; spots 

 outlined with raised black scales, orbicular and claviform 

 confluent into a transverse blotch ; subterminal line cloudy, 

 whitish, more distinct at tornus, blackish-edged towards apex. 

 Hindwings rather dark fuscous, mixed with fuscous -whitish 

 anteriorly. 



