H2 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Pupa apparently undescribed, in a semi-transparent cocoon 

 of white silk. 



The moth sits during the day among herbage, but has 

 occasionally been seen to fly in the sunshine. At dusk it is 

 very lively and active, and eagerly seeks the blossoms of 

 honeysuckle, ragged-robin [Lychnis fios-cuculi), Silcne inflata , 

 Epilobmm august if oliiun, even wild thyme, thistle, and knap- 

 weed ; and in gardens the Martagon lily, sweet-william, white 

 rocket and Viola comuta. In very rare instances it has been 

 found attracted by light. Its home is mainly in the northern 

 half of England — Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, 

 Cheshire — formerly rather common near Macclesfield — Yoi'k- 

 shire, Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and 

 Northumberland — especially near Morpeth. Doubtless it is 

 to be found in Wales, but except of the capture of a single 

 specimen in Carmarthenshire, evidence is lacking. In Scot- 

 land it is widely distributed, Berwick, Hawick, Wigtonshire, 

 lioxburghshire, Lanark, Stirlingshire, Perthshire, Ayrshire, 

 Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Oban, Balmuto, and 

 elsewhere in the districts of the Solway, Clyde, Forth, Tay, 

 Dee, Moray, Argyle, and West Ross. In Ireland also found 

 in numerous localities in Wickiow, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, 

 Dublin County, Meath, Kilkenny, Westmeath, Clare, Gal way, 

 !i : ligo, Fermanagh, and Donegal, and in some of them in 

 plenty. Abroad it is somewhat more addicted to mountain 

 districts, and is found in Germany, Switzerland, Livonia, 

 Finland, Central Russia, the Ural Mountains, Tartary, the 

 mountainous regions of Central Asia, and Japan. 



6. P. festucae, L. — Expanse, If to If inch. Fore wings 

 rich chocolate-red, shaded with brilliant gold and ornamented 

 with three conspicuous spots of burnished gold, two in the 

 middle and one toward the apex. Hind wings smoky brown 

 with purple cilia. 



Antennas of the male simple, finely ciliated, coppery-brown ; 

 palpi curved up and attaining the top of the head, rich 



