834 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Isles. Abroad it is to be found all over Europe, except the 

 extreme North ; and in Asia Minor. 



9. P. lipsiana, Sclvxff. — Expanse | to \ inch (15-22 nim.j. 

 Fore wings purple-brown, with a hoary bloom and minute 

 black dusting ; markings scarcely visible. Hind wings 

 smoky white. 



Antennaj purple-brown; palpi pale brown, head and 

 thorax dull purple-brown ; abdomen brown with a paler anal 

 tuft. Fore wings broad ; costa arched at the base, straight 

 beyond the middle ; apex squared or faintly arcuate, purple- 

 brown, with a distinct white bloom, and minutely, often 

 thickly, dusted with black ; often without markings, but 

 occasionally having an oblique dark grey dash or cloud from 

 the middle of the costa ; cilia purple-grey. Hind wings 

 smoky white, darker toward the hind margin ; cilia white. 

 Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining — almost nacreous — 

 pale smoky yellow ; hind wings smoky white, with a faint 

 yellow tinge. 



Not very variable, but occasional specimens are browner or 

 paler purple-brown, and shew faint indications of cloudy 

 markings toward the costa. 



On the wing in August and September. 



Larva green with a brownish head. Feeds on VaccmiuTn 

 vitis-idcea. (F. B. W. White.) July, other authors say, also 

 upon birch and wild apple, drawing the terminal leaves 

 together on a j'oung shoot. 



Pupa slender, brown ; in the larval habitation. 



The male is said to fly in the afternoon sunshine, but 

 I have no personal knowledge of it. Very closely allied to 

 P. ribfana, but having broader foi-e wings. Apparently con- 

 fined to the hills of the North ; the only probable British 

 records being in North Lancashire and Westmoreland ; and 

 in Scotland at Rannoch, Perthshire, Braemar, and Bennachie. 



