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P. suavis Stgr. (18c). Forewing purplish pink, with dark fuscous suffusion, except, in the space suavis. 

 beyond outer line and a streak from apex, which remain purplish; claviform stigma large, black-edged, 

 followed by a dentate pinkish patch en base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform Large, with black outlines; 

 the orbicular oblique, elliptical, pinkish: the reniform purplish grey, projecting inwards along median vein 

 nearly to touch orbicular: hindwing brownish, the fringe paler. Tibet and E. Siberia. 



P. vidua Stgi: (18c). Forewing grey suffused with dark*brown, especially on median area: stigmata vidua. 

 comparatively large: claviform dark with black edges; orbicular and reniform nearly touching, pale with 

 brown centres: marginal area interruptedly dark; hindwing dull whitish, with veins, cellspot, outer line, and 

 marginal border browner. \V. Turkestan. 



P. Splendens Hbu. (17a). Forewing pale rufous brown shaded with darker; veins dusted, grey and splendens 

 white: claviform stigma, a bent median shade, and a shade before submarginal line deep brown: upper 

 stigmata edged with whitish, their centres grey; the orbicular oblique; hindwing dirty whitish; cellspot, 

 veins, and postmedian line darker: a broad brownish grey marginal border. Germany, Koumelia, Kussia; 

 also from Amurland and Gorea : the examples from these eastern localities are bleached and yellow and 

 constitute the ab. flavescens Spul. — Larva green of various shades, from brassy yellow to blackish olive, flavescens. 

 thickly irrorated with white dots; differs from larva of oleracea in the lateral stripe being broader, yellower, 

 and sharply defined below; the thoracic plate without the 4 black dots. 



P. illoba Btlr. (17a). Forewing dull grey brown with a violet sheen; all markings indistinct; clavi- illoba. 

 form stigma darker, also lower half of reniform; orbicular pale; veins towards margin marked with black 

 and grey scales: a brown shade before submarginal line: hindwing brownish fuscous; — pacifica Bilr. (17a) pacifica. 

 is a paler dingier form, grey brown without any violet tinge; lines and stigmata much clearer; the hind- 

 wing dirty whitish, with termen broadly fuscous, the veins and cellspot dark; — declinans Stgr. (18 c) declinans. 

 from Amurland has the forewings, head, and thorax tinged with bright rufous. An Eastern species, found 

 only in Amurland, China, and Japan. 



P. oleracea L. ( = spinaciae Bkh.) (17a). Forewing red broAvn clouded with darker; veins grey, oleracea. 

 whitish towards termen: reniform stigma orange in its upper part, dark fuscous below; orbicular round, 

 white-edged, sometimes very small; submarginal line finely white, toothed on veins 3, 4 to termen; hind- 

 wing dull whitish, pale fuscous towards termen; the veins dark; — the ground colour varies on one side 

 to black brown, ab. obscura Spul (17 b), and on the other to rufous, ab. rufa Tutt (17b [1]); ab. variegata obscwa. 

 Aust. (17b), from Morocco, is paler, reddish yellow. Common throughout Europe; in Morocco and Algeria; n 'f a - 

 through Asia Minor, Syria, and Turkestan. — Larva green or brown, dotted with white; tubercles black; vane S a "■ 

 spiracular line yellow with darker edging. On all low plants. 



P. pisi L. (17b). Forewing red brown much mottled with darker; median shade prominently darker; pisi. 

 the wavy whitish submarginal line forming a conspicuous white triangle on submedian fold ; upper stigmata 

 pale grey; claviform small, black-edged; hindwing dull fuscous, the basal half paler, with dark veins and 

 lunule; - - in splendens Stph. (17c) the brown tint is predominant and the markings are obscured; — in splendens. 

 rufa Tuft 1 17b [6]), with the markings also obscured, the red tint overpowers the brown; while pallens rufa. 

 Stgr. (= ? pallida Tutt) (17c) is pale yellowish grey brown, with the markings indistinct; this form is found in P allens - 

 W. Turkestan and also -in Iceland; ■ - SCOtica Tutt (= rukavaarae Jlofm.) is a dark purplish grey form scotica. 

 from Scotland and X. England, Finland, Lapland, and E. Siberia; — ab. suiiusa Tutt is a very rare suffusa. 

 melanic fomi from Cheshire, West of England. — Larva purple brown or brownish green, with 4 deep 

 yellow stripes of uniform width; the head, feet, and venter flesh colour; polyphagous, on low plants. 



P. satanella Alph. (17c). a": forewing pinkish grey brown; basal half of costal area suffused with satanella. 

 black brown including the 3 stigmata, which are all large, black with well-defined deep black outlines; 

 margin beyond submarginal line narrowly dark brown: all other markings faint; hindwing fuscous, the 

 fringe pale; ?: forewing wholly blackish fuscous, with all markings obscured, the submarginal line marked 

 on submedian fold by a white spot. Kuku-Xor and Amdo, Tibet. 



P. SOfta Stgr. (18c). Forewing ochreous grey, flushed with pale brown, especially in the median softa. 

 area; the lines and markings indistinct: stigmata obscurely defined by brown; marginal area narrowly dark; 

 hindwing pure white. At present recorded only from Palestine and Morocco; the species is queried by 

 STAUDrsGER as a form of peregrina, which it much resembles. 



P. nana Hfngl. (= dentina Schif., plebeia Haw) (17 c). Forewing lilac-grey, suffused with olive nana - 

 fuscous, deepest in median area; claviform stigma small, black-edged, followed by a broad bidentate pale 

 patch at base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale grey with white edges; marginal area dark; sub- 

 marginal line preceded by black dentate markings: veins more or less grey-scaled; hindwing fuscous, paler 

 basewards; the fringe pale; — leucostigma Haw. (17c) has the ground colour whiter; hilaris Zett. is a leucostigma. 

 form of this in which the whitish orbicular and the pale blotch on vein 2 are confluent and form one long Pilaris. 



