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counties ; common in tlie fens, especially those of Cam- 

 bridgeshire ; found also locally in Lancashire, Cheshire, 

 Yorkshire, Durham, and Cumberland. Common in South 

 Wales to Pembrokeshire, but I have no record from other 

 portions of the Principality. In Scotland it is rather local, 

 but has been found in Perthshire ; in Arran, at Oban and 

 elsewhere in Argyleshire ; in the Edinburgh district ; and 

 in various parts of those of the Tweed and Solway. Widely 

 distributed in Ireland, but not abundant. Found in Wick- 

 low, Galway, Monaghau, Tyrone, Armagh and Antrim, and 

 near Enniskillen, Abroad its range is through Central 

 Europe, South Sweden, the South of France, North of Italy, 

 Livonia, and Southern Russia. 



Genus 57. PACHNOBIA. 



Antennge pectinated or saw-like ; eyes naJ^cd, with lashes 

 at the back ; thorax slightly crested ; abdomen not crested, 

 slightly flattened ; fore wings silky, blunt, laid nearly flat on 

 the back of the moth when at rest ; rather even in breadth ; 

 usual pattern present ; hind wings ample, cross-bar angu- 

 lated, vein 5 fairly distinct. 



Laev^e naked, smooth, stout, slightly thickened and obtuse 

 behind ; feeding on shrubs and low-growing plants. 



We have three species, readily discriminated. 



A. Fore wings red-brown and silvery-grey with deep black 

 longitudinal streaks. P. hyperhorea. 



A-. Fore wings purplish-red. 



B. Upper stigmata dull yellow. P. leucograplia. 

 B-. Uj)per stigmata hardly perceptible. P. rnhricosa. 



\. P. leucographa, Hilh. — Expanse 1\ to If inch. 

 Fore wings purplish-red or brownish-red slightly clouded with 

 black ; upper stigmata distinct, dull yellow ; costa dotted 

 with yellow. Hind wings smoky-white with reddish cilia. 



