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dotted behind with black ; plates green, the dorsal having 

 two black dots behind. 



Jnne, on sallow, dewberrj^, birch, beech, oak and many 

 other trees and shrubs. 



Pupa dark brown or brown-black, blacker in front. In the 

 larval habitation. 



The moth sits about in trees and bushes, like its allies, and 

 is easiljr disturbed in the daytime ; flying of its own accord 

 towards evening. I have found it late at night sitting u])on 

 the leaves of tall reeds. Common throughout England and 

 South Scotland to the Edinburgh district, Perthshire and the 

 Clyde Valley ; also in Wales. In Ireland recorded from 

 Dublin, Wicklow, and Cork, also from Sligo, Donegal, and 

 Derry ; therefore probably everywhere. 



Abroad common throughout Central Europe, Scandinavia, 

 Spain, Italy, Dalmatia, South-east Russia, and even in 

 Japan. 



5. P. dumetana, Tr. — Expanse 'I inch (18mm.) Fore 

 wings broad and short, blunt, light brown with obli(|ue 

 umbreous stripes, hind wings white. 



Antennaj of the male simple, dark brown ; palpi, head and 

 thorax dull pale brown ; abdomen brownish-drab. Fore 

 wings broad, the costa greatly arched, and its edge upraised 

 fully half its length, but not folded ; apex squarely angulated; 

 dull pale brown with the markings dull umbreous; basal 

 blotch very large and erect, sharply margined : central band 

 oblique from mid-costa to anal angle, broad and even ; near 

 the apex is a flattened costal spot, and from this to the anal 

 angle one or two delicate lines ; cilia brown. Hind wings 

 white with a smoky tint, cilia white. Female very similar,, 

 hardly larger. 



Underside of the fore wings pale smoky brown, hind 

 mai-gin and costa pale tawny with faint traces from above of 

 the mia-kings. Hind wings yellowish-white. 



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