GRAPHIPHORA. 



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inch and three-quarters. The head and collar are light 

 reddish brown, and the thorax is dark brown, varied with 

 ferruginous, and has a double crest. The abdomen is 

 brownish-grey, and reddish at the tip. The antennae are light 

 brown, serrated in the male, and filiform in the female. The 

 fore- wings are light reddish-brown, here and there shaded 

 with darker. Close to the base is a black spot, which is 

 divided from above by the black half-line. The first trans- 

 verse line is very distinct, and is pale, bordered with black on 

 both sides. The orbicular and reniform stigmata are both 



The Double-Spotted Square-Spot. 



ringed with lighter ; they are pale and merge into a pale 

 spot on the costa. Between the orbicular stigma and the first 

 transverse line there is a dark brown spot, and between the 

 stigmata there is another similar spot. Beyond the reniform 

 stigma follows the pale second transverse line, and beyond 

 this is the sub-marginal line, which rises from a dark brown 

 spot on the costa. The fringes are similar to the ground- 

 colour, with a double border. The hind-wings are brownish- 

 grey in both sexes, and are slightly reddish towards the base, 

 with white fringes, bounded by a black and a yellow line. 



The larva feeds on various low plants in autumn. When 

 disturbed, it rolls itself into a ring. It hybernates, and is full- 

 grown in April. It is narrowed in front and stout behind, 

 and of a reddish ashy-grey colour, marbled with darker along 



