56 LEPIDOPTERA. 



witli brown; central spot hhick ; cilia smoky-grey. Body 

 and legs whitish-brown ; tarsi more smoky-brown. 



Only a little variable in the depth of grey or brown-grey 

 lines and shading. 



On the wing in June. 



Larva very long and slender, tapering much toward the 

 head, which with the general ground colour is dull yellowish- 

 green; dorsal line broad, dark green, narrower at the seg- 

 mental divisions ; subdorsal lines dusky, very narrow and 

 indistinct; segmental divisions of the back orange, of the 

 ventral surface yellow ; spiracular line dusky green ; on each 

 side of the head and the anal segment is a yellowish line. 



Or — Ground colour dirty greenish-brown; dorsal line dusky- 

 olive ; subdorsal lines of the same colour, narrow ; posterior 

 segments reddish; in. other respects like the typical form. 

 (Rev. H. H. Crewe.) 



Those figured by jMr. Buckler are equally long aud slender 

 but otherwise differing — Rich bright green with a very 

 slender purple-brown dorsal line, the head pale grey, the 

 other markings obsolete. 



Or — Yellow-green with very broad dorsal, and narrower 

 subdorsal purple-brown stripes. 



July to September on the flowers of A^xirgia hisjncla, Grepis 

 taraxifolia and other low-growing plants. Staudinger and 

 Hofmann add flowers o{ SaihijMo, Crntnurca, Soli<lar/o, Glohu- 

 laria, Gentiana, Jasione, Origanum, Hypericum, Chrysanthe- 

 mum, Euphrasia, Campanula and Pivvpinella. 



Pupa short and thick, tapering rapidly behind ; eye-covers 

 smooth and prominent ; antenna-covers much raised and 

 strongly cross-ribbed ; limb-covers thickened ; wing-covers 

 very prominently ribbed, and wrinkled with cross sculpture ; 

 three of the abdominal segments strongly ridged with a 

 raised edge, also abundantly dotted with pitted sculpture ; 

 cremaster proportionately thick and large, armed with a 

 strong spike ; either wholly red-brown ; or with the wing- 



