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3. P. cinnamomeana, Tr. — Expanse | to 1 inch (15- 

 25 m.m.). Fore wings glossy cinnamon-brown with parallel 

 oblique darker cinnamon bands ; face of male whiter. 



AntennjB of the male pale brown, the shaft white ; upper 

 portion of the palpi and the whole of the face pure white ; 

 back of the head and the thorax chestnut-brown ; abdomen 

 pale brown. Fore wings rather elongate, moderately broad ; 

 costal edge not folded, but uplifted to beyond the middle ; 

 costal cell deeply hollowed ; colour shining cinnamon-brown 

 with the markings of a deeper shade of the same ; basal 

 blotch large, its margin oblique, straight ; central band 

 parallel on the inner side, and a little hollowed below the 

 costa on the outer ; before the apex is a conspicuous semi- 

 circular costal spot ; cilia ciunamon-brown. Hind wings 

 and their cilia light smoky brown. Female larger, the face 

 and antennae cinnamon-brown, fore wings a deeper tinge of 

 the same with darker markings ; hind wings dark smoky 

 brown, cilia yellow-brown. 



Underside of the fore wings dull smoky brown with narrow 

 yellowish costal clouds ; hind wings smoky brown. 



On the wing at the end of June and in July. 



Larva green, darker above than beneath ; head yellow ; 

 dorsal plate with a black mark round its hinder margin. 



May and June on maple, larch, birch, mountain ash, 

 whortleberry, plum and cherry; in a habitation of spun- 

 together leaves. 



Pupa glossy chestnut-brown, paler beneath. Sijun up in 

 the larval habitation. 



The moth is rather fond of hiding in large trees, often in 

 oak or beech trees or the larger larches, and may readily be 

 disturbed by striking the branches, when it will dart from 

 side to side till it reaches the ground. Often to be found on 

 steep hill sides among scattered trees. Occasionally it shows 

 a preference for sitting upon the fronds of tall brake-fern. In 



