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Underside of the fore wings shining pale smoky-brown ; 

 costa winter and having a black spot beyond the middle ; 

 discal spot faintly black ; hind margin broadly clouded with 

 a more smoky tinge. Hind wings shining smoky- white, 

 almost silvery ; faintly barred across the middle by a slender 

 curved brown line, and outside it, more faintly, by one or two 

 more. Body and legs reddish-brown. 



Variable as already shown in the presence, or more fre- 

 quenth' absence, of the transverse lines, also in the number 

 and distinctness of the cloudy-black costal markings, of which 

 often only two are black, and sometimes not one is at all 

 distinct. In more rare instances the reddish-brown of the 

 fore wings is unbroken by any distinct marking whatever. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva short and thick ; head dusky-olive, marked with 

 white ; ground colour dull pink or flesh-tint, with a series of 

 dusky Y-shaped dorsal spots, connected by a central pink 

 line, and becoming faint on the anterior, and al most obliterated 

 on the posterior segments ; sisiracular line j-ellowish, inter- 

 rupted at intervals by dusky blotches ; undersurface dusky or 

 pinkish-white ; dorsal portion of each segment studded with 

 four yellowish tubercles ; and the back also sprinkled with 

 small white, and a few black, tubercles and short hairs. 

 (Rev. H. H. Crewe.) 



August and September on the blossoms and seeds of 

 common heather (Callvna vulgaris). Said also to feed on 

 both sjjecies of Erica, and on various Composita- and other 

 flowers, but in this respect there may be confusion between 

 this and the last species. 



Plta short and plump, the anterior end very blunt, eye- 

 covers small, shining ; limb-cases closely packed ; wing-covers 

 strongly rippled with the usual nervures, smooth between, 

 but only moderately glossy ; thoracic shield very minutely 

 but closely wrinkled ; dorsal and abdominal segments finely 

 pitted, but the hinder edges smooth and strongly ridged ; 



