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•of almost imperceptible smoky lines. Hind marginal area 

 laroadly but very faintly tinged with smoke colour, and 

 intersected by a much rippled subterminal line of the green 

 ground colour, but white at the costa ; cilia shining smoky- 

 white, dotted with faint clouds of smoky-black. Hind wings 

 not very broad, rounded behind, or with the margin rather 

 sinuous ; shining dusky white with a greenish tinge and a 

 dusting of smoky-brown, which is mainly gathered together 

 into three transverse partial dotted stripes ; cilia smoky- 

 white. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining white ; discal spot 

 large and black ; nervures, discal-cell, and hind marginal 

 region shaded with smoky-black ; beyond the middle is a 

 band of similar black spots lying upon nervures ; subter- 

 minal line white. Hind wings shining white ; central spot 

 black, followed by a conspicuous smoky-black, strongly angu- 

 lated, transverse stripe; hind margin clouded with smoke 

 ■colour, in which is a series of white spots. Body and legs 

 brownish-white ; front tarsi clouded with black. 



Very constant in colour and markings. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva short and rather thick, somewhat translucent ; 

 head dusky brown or blackish-brown ; body dull yellowish- 

 -green, suffused with yellow ; dorsal line darker green ; sub- 

 dorsal lines wanting ; spiracular lines dull yellow ; under- 

 surface destitute of markings. A dull uninteresting-looking 

 larva, with but few distinctive characteristics. (Rev. H. H. 

 ^rewe.) 



April and May, on Vaccinium myrtillus (whortleberry), 

 feeding between united leaves. 



Pupa pale yellowish-green, with a dorsal line darker green ; 

 abdominal divisions and tip reddish. In a slight earthen 

 -cocoon. (H. H. C.) 



The winter is passed in the egg state. 



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