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This species makes its appearance earlier in the summer 

 than most of those just treated of, and does not live through 

 the autumn, usually disappearing by the end of August. It 

 sits in hawthorn and blackthorn bushes in hedges by day 

 and is very easily beaten out, flying quickly to another bush 

 when disturbed. It is distinctl}" a western species ; for 

 although casual specimens have been found in Kent, in the 

 fens of Norfolk, and in Hertfordshire, and even in Durham, 

 it is much more frequent in Herefordshire and in Devon, is 

 comparatively common in Pembrokeshire, where it was first 

 noticed, and has since proved to be much more so in 

 Ireland. Until the j^ear 1880 such few specimens as had 

 been noticed had been allotted to some one or other of tLe 

 allied species, but since its distinctness was pointed out it 

 has been recognised in Carmarthenshire and Brecon, as well 

 as the original locality already mentioned ; in Scotland it has 

 been found in the Edinburgh district, Lanark, Dumbarton- 

 shire and elsewhere in Clydesdale ; and in Ireland in Cork, 

 Sligo, Armagh and Enniskillen. So far as I know, it is not 

 yet recorded abroad. 



13. P. schalleriana, L. — Expanse § to ^ inch (15- 

 22 mm. J. Fore wings ashy-grey or whitish-grey, with a large 

 rust-red costal triangle. 



Antennae and palpi dark red-brown ; head and thorax also 

 reddish-brown, the latter with a distinct raised chocolate 

 crest ; abdomen slender, grey-brown. Fore wings not broad ; 

 the costa well arched from the base, apex bluntly arcuate : 

 pale silvery- grey or ashy-grey, with a large flattened trian- 

 gular rust-red or chestnut-red costal triangle which extends 

 half across the wing, and has immediately before it a 

 whitish edging ; before this, in the basal area, are three 

 small tufts of raised scales, red-brown or black ; beyond it 

 a few black dots along the hind margin ; cilia pale .'•ilvery- 

 grey. Hind wings, with their cilia, smoky white. Female 

 similar. 



