274 LEPIDOPTERA. 



short and angulated at the apex ; thorax and abdomen very 

 stout. 



1, P. fuliginosa, Z. — Expanse 1^ to \\ inch. Fore wings 

 dull brownish-red or smoky red, semi-transparent ; hind wings 

 pink, shaded or spotted with smoky black. 



Antennae short and slender, very faintly pectinated in the 

 male ; greyish-white. Head and thorax dull red, reddish- 

 brown, or orange-brown ; the latter stout and densely covered 

 with long loose scales; abdomen short and stout, bright 

 scarlet, with a black stripe, or row of triangular black spots, 

 down the middle of the back, and a row of black spots down 

 each side. Fore wings narrow and rather blunt, costal and 

 dorsal margins very slightly curved, hind margin almost 

 retuse below the blunt apex, rounded towards the anal angle ; 

 thinly scaled and almost diaphanous in the middle ; dull red, 

 red-brown or red-grey, with the nervures darker, and, at the 

 end of the discal cell, one or two small black spots ; cilia dark 

 crimson. Hind wings short, angulated at the apex, thence 

 rounded behind but slightly emarginate towards the anal 

 angle ; semi-transparent, pale crimson, often paler or greyish 

 towards the base and costal margin, and with a broad ill- 

 defined smoky or blackish band along the apex and hind 

 margin ; principal nervures dark gi*ey ; two small black spots 

 or streaks in the centre of the wings; cilia dark crimson. 

 Female with the fore wings slightly narrower and more ovate, 

 having the hind margin more regularly and obliquely rounded 

 off ; antennge simple ; body very stout ; otherwise similar to 

 the male. 



Underside of the fore wings brighter red, but shaded with 

 brown at the hind margin ; spots indistinct ; of the hind 

 wings light crimson-scarlet, having the blacker marginal 

 band and the two black dots as above ; body dull red ; legs 

 blackish with a red stripe down the tibia?. 



Very liable to climatal or local variation. In the South 

 and South-East of England, the general colour is bright red. 



