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brown median dash from base, white-edged above; first and 

 second lines very obscure, partly whitish, dark-edged, waved ; 

 median shade brownish ; a blackish submedian dash join- 

 ing first and second lines, white-edged beneath. Hindwings 

 fuscous. 



Kent, Middlesex, scarce and local ; N. and NC. Europe ; 9. 

 Larva on Myrica ; 5-7. 



7. P. furcifera, Hufn. (conformis, F.) 40-44 mm. Abdomen 

 with a strong crest. Forewings grey, violet-tinged ; a black 

 median dash from base, white-edged above ; first and second lines 

 very obscure ; median shade brownish ; reniform reddish-tinged, 

 with a black dash beneath it ; claviform oval, blackish-edged 

 posteriorly, connected with second line by a black dash ; sub- 

 terminal line obscure, brown -edged anteriorly. Hindwings 

 grey, lighter basally. 



Glamorgan, Monmouth, scarce and local ; N. and C. Europe, 

 NW. Asia ; 8-4. Larva greenish-brown, darker-marked, form- 

 ing a dorsal series of diamonds ; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and 

 spiracular lines pale yellow ; above subdorsal a series of oblique 

 black streaks : on alder and birch ; 5, 6. 



8. P. ornithopus, Rott. (rhizolitha, F.) 36-40 mm. Fore- 

 wings white, irregularly mixed with light grey ; costa marked 

 with short black strigulae ; a black furcate median dash from 

 base ; spots edged with white, claviform posteriorly and reni- 

 form beneath outlined with black ; lines very indistinct. Hind- 

 wings grey, lighter basally. 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; C. and SW. 

 Europe ; 9-4. Larva pale blue -green ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines white, edged with dark green ; spiracular yellow-whitish, 

 indistinct : on oak ; 5-7. 



9. P. areola, Esp. (lithorhiza, Bkh.) 31-35 mm. Forewiugs 

 brown, much mixed and suffused with white, sometimes rosy- 

 tinged ; a black median dash from base ; first and second lines 

 obscurely pale, waved, internally blackish -edged ; claviform 

 oval, confluent with both orbicular and reniform, all edged with 

 pale and outlined with blackish ; subterminal line pale, dentate, 

 followed by a series of short black dashes in brown spots. 

 Hindwings light grey. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common, scarcer northwards; W. 

 Europe, Asia Minor ; 3, 4. Larva pale greyish-ochreous ; dorsal 

 line paler, double ; darker brown dorsal blotches on 8 and 9 ; 

 12 with small prominence : on Lonicera ; 6-8. 



10. P. viminalis, F. 27-30 mm. Antennae in <$ bipectiuated. 



