352 LEFIDOPTERA. 



on the back with a series of acute brown triangles. 

 (W. Buckler.) In a chamber of considerable size iu the 

 larval burrow iu the main stem of the Senecio ; a round hole 

 in the side serving for the exit of the moth. 



The moth hides during the day among coarse herbage, and 

 especially among ragwort, in marshy places, and is very 

 sluggish, when disturbed shuffling into the nearest hiding 

 place ; but before dusk it begins to be very lively, Hying 

 about such places quite freely ; later at night ascending 

 to fly abroad over the country, and sometimes to hang upon 

 a road-side gas-lamp. 



Very local, yet plentiful iu its very restricted haunts : 

 found in marshy places rather than fens iu Xorfolk ; also in 

 Devon and Dorset ; iu Wales common near Pembroke and 

 elsewhere on the Pembrokeshire coast, also in Carmarthen- 

 shire ; but apparently not noticed elsewhere in England or 

 Wales. Iu Scotland Mr. Stainton recorded it in the Orkneys, 

 and Mr. A. F. Gi'iffiths found it in a marsh in the Hebrides. 

 In Ireland it is not scarce in Kerry, Galway, Sligo, among 

 the hills near Belfast and Carrickfergus, and also in London- 

 derry. This wide distribution seems to suggest that it may 

 also exist — though overlooked — in many other marshy spots 

 in the three Kingdoms. Abroad it seems to be but little 

 known, yet is recorded from Belgium and Germany. 



3. P. gonodactylus, ScMff. ; trigonodactylus, Stn. 

 — Expanse ^ to 1^ inch (20-28 mm.). Fore wings pointed, 

 retuse, with very prominent anal angle ; whitish-brown, with 

 a dull brown costal triangle joining the discal dot. Hinti 

 wings glossy pale brown. 



Antenna- of the male short, simple, pale brown, barred 

 with white ; palpi rather short, slender, pointed, brown ; 

 head and thorax grey-drab ; abdomen pale brown dotted 

 with white, and the base ashy. Fore wings very narrow, 

 the costa gently arched, ape.x sharplj' pointed ; hind margiii 

 excavated ; dorsal margin also much hollowed out, and the 



