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Surrey, Sussex, the Isle of Wight, Berks, and Oxfordshire, 

 and (rarely) in Devonshire. Abroad it is found throughout 

 Central Europe, Italy, Aragon, Southern Russia, Asia 

 Minor, Syria, Armenia, and the Western Himalayahs. 



2. P. dilutella, Steph. ; adoi'iiatella, Ti\ ; suborna- 

 tella, Du'p. — Expanse -| to | inch (15-22 mm.). Fore 

 wings purple-brown, dusted with white ; lines whitish, 

 oppositely oblique, the second angulated and much in- 

 dented ; often a white stripe before the Srst line, and white 

 clouds on the costa. Hind wings smoky-brown. 



Antennas of the male thickened at the base, the second 

 joint flattened and twisted, edged with a tuft of scales, 

 reddish-brown ; palpi short and upraised, very blunt, choco- 

 late-brown ; head and thorax reddish-brown ; abdomen grey- 

 brown, with the edges of the segments paler. Fore wings 

 elongated, narrow ; costa very flatW arched ; apex angu- 

 lated ; hind margin oblique, hardly curved ; colour purple- 

 brown or yellow-brown, clouded with white, and dusted with 

 darker purple-brown ; first line far from the base, erect, 

 formed of detached purple or purjile-black cloudy spots, 

 edged broadly, on the inner side, with white ; second line 

 moderately oblique, with a projecting angle in the middle, 

 and otherwise indented throughout, white, enclosed by 

 purple-brown or purple- black parallel shades ; two black 

 dots represent the discal spot, and are surrounded by a 

 large white costal cloud ; hind margin clouded with white, 

 in which is a row of black dots ; cilia purplish-grey. Hind 

 wings ample, rounded behind, shining smoky-brown, with 

 the nervures a little darker ; extreme hind margin edged 

 by two faint brown lines ; cilia brownish-white. Female 

 very similar, but with thread-like antenna?. 



Underside of the fore wings shining dark smoky-brown, 

 with a yellowish dot on the costa before the apex. Hind 

 wings shining smoke-colour, whiter behind. Body dark 

 grey-brown ; anal tuft ochreous. 



