328 LEPIDOPTERA. 



mountain ; plentiful in fens ; abounding among every 

 sheltered bit of herbage among the rocks of the coast, and in 

 any moist spot of the most inhospitable sand districts. 



Abroad it is abundant almost all over the Continent of 

 i']urope, including Turkey, though it seems to become scarce 

 in Portugal and at tJibraltar; also found in Asia Minor, 

 Syria, Armenia, Eastern Siberia, and Japan ; and in Algeria 

 in the north of Africa. 



(ienus 17. PHIBALAPTEEYX. 



Anteuntu bristly; ])alpi projectiug; head and thorax 

 rather rough ; abdomen short, the anal tuft rather blunt and 

 si|uarril: foie winii's puinted, elongated, not very broad; 

 hind margin even ; hind wings rather broad and short, with 

 the hind margins usually a little elbowed, and faintly crenu- 

 lated. 



Lakv.e smooth, elongated, and not stout; the head 

 smaller. 



I'ci'/E in the ground. 



The six species, though readily discrimiuated, are not ver}' 

 easy of tabulation. 



A. Fore wings pale grey-brown. 



15. I'ore wings blunt, a short l)lack streak arises near the 



base of dorsal margin. P. tcf^ata. 



U-. Fore wings pointed; the markings are tine slender 



transverse lines. P. lapidaia. 



A-. Fore wings brownish-white or very pale brown. 

 C. Central band narrow, sinuous, leaden-brown. 



P. Jluviatd, male. 

 C"-. Central band broad, with margins half dark, running 



only to the costa. P. 'pohjijram'iiuda. 



C'. Central baud narrow, brown toward the dorsal martjiu, 



edged by an oblique dark stripe \\hicli runs into 



the wing-apex. P. Ivjnala. 



