134 LEPIDOPTERA. 



were recorded in Devonshire many years ago. Apparently 

 the most southern locality in which it is known to have been 

 a constant resident is Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, where it 

 was at one time common ; and from this place going north- 

 ward it is found occasionally on the Pennine and other hills 

 in Shropshire, Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire — where 

 also it frequents the moors in various localities — Lancashire, 

 Westmoreland, Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham. 

 In Wales the only locality on record appears to be in 

 Radnorshire, though surely it must occur elsewhere. In 

 Scotland it seems to frequent suitable spots throughout the 

 country, and often commonly, from Berwick to Sutherland 

 and Argyle, including Arran ; but otherwise I find no record 

 from the Isles. In Ireland it is found in Westmeath, Galway, 

 Sligo, Fermanagh, Roscommon, Tyrone, and Londonderry, 

 and according to Mr. Kane is common on many heathy 

 moors and hillsides. 



Abroad it seems to have a somewhat more southern range, 

 occurring in mountain regions in many parts of Central 

 Europe, as well as Northern Europe, North Italy, the Ural 

 Mountain district, Eastern Siberia, and Tartary ; apparently 

 also in Canada, Nova Scotia, and the Hudson's Bay Territory, 

 but under the name of P. octoscripta. 



Genus 87. HABROSTOLA. 



Antennas nearly naked, slender, simple ; palpi rather 

 short, ascending ; tongue long ; eyes naked, having front 

 and back lashes ; thorax strongly crested and usually having 

 black ovals on the collar ; abdomen ornamented with several 

 crests ; fore wings somewhat triangular, without metallic 

 markings but provided with ridges of raised scales on their 

 surface ; hind wings broad, plain, the cross-bar slender, 

 angulated, vein 5 arising below the middle and rather 

 curved. 



