244 LEPIDOPTKRA. 



brown, and in the colour of the costal blotch from black to 

 umbreous. 



On the wing in June and July, and in a second generation 

 in August, September, and October. 



Larva. Body a whitish-green, greyish-green or whitish- 

 yellow ; head semi-transparent and spotted with pale brown ; 

 dorsal plate of the same colour, edged at the back with 

 black ; anal plate and legs greyish-green ; sometimes having 

 faint grey dorsal and subdorsal lines, (v. Noleken.) 



May, and a second generation at the end of July and in 

 August, on Comayum jMltistrr and Fragaria vcsco, also on 

 cultivated strawberry in gardens, rolling up the leaves and 

 feeding within. 



A species of obscure habits, and not very thoroughly 

 known. It seems first to have been noticed as a distinct 

 species in Lancashire in the year 1858, when it was found 

 in multitudes in gardens flying over the strawberry beds, 

 and the distinction from the allied species — romparana — of 

 being douMc-hrooded was noticed. It has since been found 

 very locally in swampy spots on heaths, and in bogs, and 

 marshes among Comarum pahistre; but flies for so very 

 short a time — on some afternoons only for twenty minutes 

 — and is so closel}* concealed through the day among 

 low-growing plants in wet places, that singularlj- little is 

 known of its distribution. It is known, however, to occur 

 in Kent, Dorset, Suffolk, and Norfolk, as well as in Cheshire, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Durham ; and in South Wales in 

 a coast marsh in Pembrokeshire. In Scotland it is found in 

 Dumbartonshire and other parts of the Clyde district, and 

 also in Aberdeenshire ; and in Ireland at Ai-magh, Mayo, 

 and near Limerick. Abroad it has been noticed in Belgium, 

 North Germany, and Livonia. 



1 7. P. lorquiniana, Dup. ; uliginosana, Westw. — 

 l"'.:cpanse | to J inch. (15-22 mm.). Fore wings truncate, 



