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Lloyd's natural history. 



reddish or yellowish-grey, broad and flat, with paler hair on the 

 sides, and a pale anal tuft. The legs are grey, suffused with 

 reddish or yellowish. 



The fore-wings are long and narrow, and are of almost 

 uniform width from the first transverse line. The usual lines 

 are distinct, and darker than the ground-colour. There is a 

 half-line, and the first transverse line is almost straight. The 

 central area is the darkest portion of the wings. The 

 orbicular stigma is hardly visible. Beyond it is a central shade. 



which forms an angle towards the reniform stigma. The latter 

 is well marked, and is formed of a white or ochre-yellow spot, 

 convex towards the base, but excavated on its outer side. At 

 both ends are two white or yellow dots. Sometimes the spots 

 are yellow, and the dots white, or vice vena. The second 

 transverse line is zig-zag, and the sub-marginal line forms a faint 

 waved line. The outer band beyond it is pale. The fringes 

 are unicolorous, and bordered with a row of small yellowish 

 lunules. The whole surface of the wings is very shining. The 



