. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. Fig. 24. In P. viridi^ignata (Grote) the fore-wings are dark rosy-grey with numerous brown zig-zag lines. In the centre of the wing is an obscure bronzy-green figure, resembling a 3 or an 8 laid on its back. One of the finest insects in the genus is P. bimaculata (Steiph.). In expanse of wings it measures an inch and three-eighths. Its fore-wings are rich rosy-brown variegated with dark markings and with a patch of chestnut red in the centre. In this patch are two golden spots, the uppe
. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. Fig. 24. In P. viridi^ignata (Grote) the fore-wings are dark rosy-grey with numerous brown zig-zag lines. In the centre of the wing is an obscure bronzy-green figure, resembling a 3 or an 8 laid on its back. One of the finest insects in the genus is P. bimaculata (Steiph.). In expanse of wings it measures an inch and three-eighths. Its fore-wings are rich rosy-brown variegated with dark markings and with a patch of chestnut red in the centre. In this patch are two golden spots, the upper somewhat resembling the letter v. I have noticed that the Eastern Township's specimens of this moth are larger and brighter than the more northern specimens. P. precationis (Guen.) is one of the most common species we have. Its fore-wings are of a rich purple brown with a golden sheen. They have a few pale wavy streaks, and a distinct silvery y in the middle of each. In P. simplex (Guen.) Fig. 24 the fore-wing is of a dark ash-grey. It has a brown apical dash, and a brown shade on the inner margin. This shade is separated from the ash-grey base and basal portion of the costa, by a fine white line, which joins the inner arm of the silvery y-like central mark. In P. falcif era (Kirby) the arms of the y are long and attenuated, and the tail lacks the terminal knob that is characteristic of Precationis and Simplex. Falcif era has rosy-brown fore-wings strikingly marked with curved and dentated rosy-white lines, having dark brown finer lines imposed. I captured several specimens of this insect at Como, P. Que. They were hovering over flowers on a sunny afternoon. P. hrassicce (Riley, Xi Hubn) has been taken at Metis, P. Que., by Mr. Winn. This moth Fig. 25 expands about one and a half inches. It has dark grejnsh-brown fore-wings, with irregular, pale yellow cross lines, and in the centre a silvery u or horse-shoe like mark followed by an oval silvery dot. The underwings are yellow
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