302 I.EI'IDOl'TF.RA. 



some parts of the Midlaiiils, but otherwise abundant in 

 suitable jtlaces tlirougliout I'LngUind and Wales ; also on 

 mountains and all moors throughout Scotland, including 

 the Hebrides. Orkneys and Shetland Isles; and on bogs 

 and mountain sides in many j)arts of Ireland. 



Abroad it has an extensive range through Central Europe, 

 the f'reater portion of Xortliern J'lurope, the Ural ^lountain 

 district, 'i'artary, and the mountain reg-ions of Central Asia ; 

 and in North .\merica. through New Kngland, I'enn.'^ylvania, 

 New York State, (,'olorado, Canada witli ^'ancouver, Nova 

 Scotia and Newfoundland. The form there known as [iro- 

 y))'/N«/</ appears to be no more than the variety of the nutle 

 which has assumed the colouring of the female. 



Genus 1 I. PELURGA. 



Antenn;e simple, rather short and thick; palpi short; head 

 rouLjh ; face convex ; thorax crested at the back ; abdomen 

 short, thick, especially so at the base, curved up behind ; fore 

 wines broad, blunt; costa much rounded, hind margin ex- 

 panded and elbowed behind, llind wings much squared, 

 hind margin crenulated. 



'We have only one species. 



1. P. coniitata, y.. — i]x])anse \\ to \\ inch. I'ore wings 

 very broad, crenulated behind, pale ochreous, with broad 

 ochreous-lirown central baud. Hind wings silky-white, hind 

 margin edged with brown, crenulated. 



Antenniii of the male rather short and thick, minutely 

 ciliated, light brown ; palpi short and blunt, depressed, dark 

 brown ; face convex, almost globose, golden-brown ; top of 

 head and neck-ridge light brown ; thorax thick, smooth, 

 thinly scaled, but the shoulder lappets tufted and rather uji- 

 lifted. liglit brown, the crest at the back very short ; abdomen 

 thick at the base, and rapidly tapering, short, light brown, 

 the anal tuft darker, tilted up. Fore wings broad and blunt, 



