128 LEPWOPTEKA. 



lines obscurely dark brown ; tliscal spot small, black. Hind 

 wings pale brown. 



Anteunffi of the male very short, simple, ciliated, pale 

 brown ; palpi slender and pointed, light brown ; iiead and 

 thorax brownish-drab, the latter slender ; abdomen small, 

 reddish-brown, without dorsal tufts : anal tuft compressed. 

 Fore wings short, somewliat ovate ; costa strongly arched, 

 especially so at the base ; apex rounded ; hind margin also 

 fully rounded but not very oblique ; dorsal margin rather 

 full ; colour pale umbreous or brownish-drab, with a distinct 

 reddish-brown shade along the costal region, which is barred 

 throughout with smoky-brown clouds ; discal spot black, 

 rather rounded ; before it is a series of three or four parallel 

 lines of brown dusting, faintly defined and representing the 

 basal and first lines ; immediately beyond it are three rippled 

 parallel brown lines, bent back near the costa and represent- 

 ing the usual centi'al line; then a series of three more, 

 rougher lines partly consisting of minute wedge-shaped 

 streaks representing the second line ; and outside all these 

 a cloudy-brown hind-marginal band, divided by a faint 

 rippled pale subterminal line — all these lines, nearly parallel 

 and rather faint, give the impression of a rounded wing 

 rippled from end to end- — cilia shining whitish-brown. 

 Hind wings rather small, rounded behind, whitish-brown, 

 much dusted and dappled with dull brown, in which are 

 paler spots ; cilia shining pale brown. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings pale smoky -brown ; discal 

 spot a black dot ; costa spotted with smoky-black, and a 

 band of the same lies before the hind margin. Hind wings 

 shining whitish-brown with a hind-marginal smoky band. 

 Body and legs dull brown. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva short and thick ; head black ; ground colour dirty 

 yellowish-green ; sides and middle of the back slightly tinged 

 with rose-colour : down the middle of the back is a row of 



