1 1 6 LEPIDOPTERA . 



Corsica, Northern Italy, Southern Russia, Tartary, and the 

 mountain regions of Central Asia. 



7. P. pulchrina, Haw.; v-aureum, Gn. — Expanse 1| 

 to If inch. Fore wings rather pointed, rich light purple- 

 brown, much waved and mottled with velvety chocolate ; in 

 the middle is a golden Y, usually broken, and there is a fine 

 gold edging to the reniform stigma. Hind wings smoky 

 yellowish-white with blackish-brown nervures and hind- 

 marginal band. 



Antennas of the male simple, minutely ciliated, purplish- 

 drab ; paipi rather long, upraised, the points extending to 

 above the head, light purple-red ; eyes black, front and back 

 lashes reddish-brown ; head purple-red, very strongly tufted 

 on the face and between the antennas, the tufts divided by a 

 deep transverse channel ; thorax chocolate-red, the collar edged 

 with pink, the shoulder-lappets barred and edged with the 

 same, and the crests, which are tall and occupy all the middle 

 space, hollowed, divided, and tipped with white ; fascicles 

 yellowish-white ; abdomen pale purplish-brown, the basal 

 portion covered with loug yellow-white hair-scales and orna- 

 mented with three chestnut-coloured dorsal crests, of which 

 the first and third are tall and conspicuous ; lateral tufts 

 spreading, and, with the anal tuft, dull purplish-brown. Fore 

 wings narrow at the base, broad behind, costa very nearly 

 straight but a little arched toward the apex, which is pointed 

 and slightly produced ; hind margin below it straight, almost 

 retuse, prettily crenulated, and rounded off to the anal angle; 

 dorsal margin very gracefully hollowed and curved ; colour 

 singularly beautiful, bright purple-red, abundantly rippled 

 and shaded with velvety chocolate ; basal line double but par- 

 tial and obscure, faintly silvery-white in a chocolate cloud; first 

 line very oblique from the dorsal margin and rather direct to 

 the median nervure, thence bent deeply back, then curved 

 forward considerably and again bent back to the costa, 

 silvery-purple, edged on both sides with chocolate ; secand 



