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which were given to him by Dr. Leach, with the information 

 that they were taken on Salisbury Plain, by a Mr. Spratt, in 

 1810. In the cabinet of the late Rev. Henry Burney, was a 

 specimen evidently of great age, in fair condition but ill set. 

 In that of Mr. Joseph Sparshall, now in the Norfolk and 

 Norwich Museum, is another. A third is in the collection 

 formerly made by Mr. Robertson, of Limehouse, now care- 

 fully preserved by his son at Liverpool ; and three more are 

 in Dr. Mason's cabinets at Burton-on-Trent, one of them from 

 the collection of the Rev. T. Marshall, of Leicester, the others 

 from that of Mr. Edwin Shepherd. In all probability the 

 origin of all these was the same. Haworth included the 

 species in his " Lepidoptera Britannica " on the faith of a 

 specimen which Mr. Donovan informed him that he had him- 

 self taken in South Wales. This also must have been very 

 early in the century, and the species has been noticed by sub- 

 sequent authors as from both localities, yet I know of no more 

 recent occurrence of the species in Great Britain. But in 

 Ireland a single specimen was captured in August, 1887, at 

 Castle Kevin, Wicklow, at flowers of bramble, by Miss Alice 

 Hull. It was handed in a box of other unnamed insects to 

 Mr. G. H. Carpenter, of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, 

 and its identity was only ascertained by him on a visit to 

 South Kensington. This specimen I have seen in Dublin, 

 and find no cause for doubt as to its authenticity. 



Abroad this species is found in Southern and Eastern 

 France, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Northern Italy, 

 Hungary, and the Ural Mountain district, but so far as I 

 can ascertain not out of Europe. 



5. P. bractea, Fab. — Expanse If to If inch. Fore wings 

 of moderate breadth, rather pointed, rich velvety chocolate, 

 with a central, rather pear-shaped, golden spot. Hind wings 

 pale brown with darker nervures and hind margin. 



Antennas of the male long, simple, almost naked, purple- 

 brown ; palpi short and rather small, purple-brown, but edged 



