TORTRICID.'E—PERONEA. 22, 



mottlei with purple-brown; basalblotch large, but incom- 

 plete toward the dorsal margin, purple-brown ; first line the 

 inner edge of a central band, which is oblique, deep red, but 

 shading away toward the dorsal margin ; before the hind 

 margin are some round purple-black clouds; cilia silvery- 

 grey clouded with purple. Hind wings glossy, smoky white, 

 tinged with purple towards the apex ; cilia dull white. 

 Female similar, but often rather smaller. 



Underside of the fore wings polished lead-colour ; costn 

 clouded with white dots ; hind wings leaden white. 



Variable, though less so than the allied species ; the 

 ground colour takes various shades of ashy-grey, some very 

 beautiful, and the costal markings different tones of brown 

 or black-brown. 



On the wing in September and October. 



Lakva undescribed. 



June and July on Vaccinium and Sedum pcdustre. 



Very little seems to be known of the early stages. 



This species is now known to inhabit hill districts of the 

 north, but its first record in these islands was in Epping 

 Forest, where it was said to have been taken by Mr. Bentley. 

 There is no reason to believe that it now exists in the south, 

 and it is hard to realise that some error has not been made. 

 Mr. Wilkinson states that it occurs near Manchester, though 

 rarely, and Mr. J. E. Robsou records it in Northumberland. 

 In Scottish mountain districts it is well known to occur 

 among whortleberry, and it has been known to come to the 

 sugar spread to attract JVoctuce. It is certainly to be found 

 in Roxburghshire, East Lothian, and elsewhere in the 

 Edinburgh district, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, and Inver- 

 ness. There is also a record of its occurrence in Donegal, 

 Ireland, by the late Mr. E. Birchall, which is probably 

 correct, but has not been confirmed. Abroad it is found 

 in mountain regions in Bohemia, North Germany, and 



