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straight but rather rippled whitish-brown subterminal line ; 

 discal spot not represented; extreme hind margin edged by 

 a series of thick short black streaks ; cilia glossy gi-ey-brown, 

 clouded with darker. Hind wings small, rounded behind, 

 similar to the fore wings in colour, and even more obscurely 

 barred throughout with dark brown clouding ; central spot 

 absent ; cilia concolorous. Female quite similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining pale smoky-brown ; 

 costa spotted alternately with smoky-black and yellowish- 

 white ; three edges of transverse smoky cloudings indicate 

 darker stripes ; hind marginal region mottled with yellowish- 

 white ; discal spot visible as a; small round black dot. Hind 

 wings dusky white, banded throughout with brown stripes of 

 varying widths. Body and legs brown. 



Only variable in a small degree in the depth and distinct- 

 ness of the transverse lines and bands. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva short and thick ; the head dusky, spotted with 

 olive ; ground colour of the body pale bluish or vellowish- 

 green with three horizontal dorsal stripes of a darker shade ; 

 these stripes are very often indistinct and sometimes alto- 

 gether wanting ; surface sparingly studded with minute 

 black dots. 



July and August ; feeding inside the unopened buds of 

 Clcmidia citalhtc (Traveller's joy). Its presence may gene- 

 rally be detected by the blackened appearance of the flower- 

 buds ; when it has eaten out the inside of one bud it comes 

 out and bores into a fresh one ; but when nearly full-fed it 

 often feeds among the stamens of the expanded flower, and 

 may then be beaten into an unibrella. It also will eat the 

 stamens of the white garden C/rmatiH, and feeds up very 

 rapidly. (Rev. H. H. Crewe.) 



Pupa. Thorax and wing-cases green ; abdomen red. In 

 a very tighth^ spun earthen cocoon, in the ground. (H. H. C). 

 The winter is passed in this condition. 



