LAKENTID.-E—EL 'PITHECIA. 99- 



2G. E. trisignata, ^.-,S?.— Expanse | to f incli (18-22 

 ram.). Fore wings somewhat ovate, silky, pale brown, dotted 

 upon the nervures with rather deeper brown ; discal spot 

 black ; on either side of it is a dull black spot on the costa. 

 Hind wings greyish-white. 



Antennae of the male simple, ciliated, brown ; jDalpi small, 

 rather upraised, reddish-brown: head and thorax smooth, 

 pale reddish-brown ; abdomen a shade paler ; anal tuft com- 

 pressed. Fore wings rather blunt ; costa evenly arched : 

 apex bluntly rounded : hind margin smoothly curved ; dorsal 

 margin nearly straight ; surface silky and shining, pale 

 reddish-brown ; costal region and the uervures, to the middle 

 of the wing, deeper brown, remainder of the latter dotted 

 with the same ; discal S2:>ot black, not sharply defined ; on 

 each side of it, on the costa, is a dull black-brown or smok\'- 

 black spot, the three forming a rather characteristic triangular 

 group; usual transverse lines scarcely suggested, except that 

 the subterminal line is faintly white and sinuous : cilia 

 shining pale grey-brown. Female similar. 



Undersides of all the wings very glossy ; fore wings pale 

 smoky-brown, whiter on the middle of the costa, and showing 

 the three spots of the upjjer side; cilia prettily dashed with black- 

 brown. Hind wings whitish-brown, once or twice crossed 

 by faint brown lines; central spot visible, triangular, dull 

 brown. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva rather short and stout, tapering but slightly toward? 

 the head, which is black and bent down ; ground colour pale 

 green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines dark green, the latter 

 broader than the former ; spiracu'ar lines waved, whitish ; 

 segmental divisions yellowish; anal tip of the dorsal line 

 purple ; dorsal surface wrinkled, and sprinkled with a few 

 short bristly hairs ; undersurface green, with a central 

 yellowish line. The black head gives this larva a very distinct 

 appearance. (Rev. H. H. Crewe.) 



