P YRA US T/D.i:—BOT J 'S. 



umbreous ; rest of thorax dark brown ; abdomen slender, 

 glossy grey-brown with rather noticeable lateral tufts. Fore 

 wings moderately broad ; costa arched ; s.^eyi angnlated ; 

 liiud margin rather oblique but nearly straight; dorsal 

 margin filled out ; colour grey-brown or dull umbreous ; 

 first line scarcely perceptible ; second line indicated by a 

 series of black dots edged with paler dusting ; orbicular and 

 reniform stigmata just visible by their darker brown margins ; 

 cilia glossy brown. Hind wings broad ; angulated at the 

 apes ; rounded behind ; rather paler brown with an obscurely 

 black central crescent and marginal dots ; cilia shining 

 brown. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky-brown, shading paler 

 toward the base ; costa yellowish-brown, having, from the 

 middle to the apex five black spots; also two black clouds 

 in the discal cell. Hind wings brownish-white; central 

 spot a small black crescent ; beyond the middle is a curved 

 black transverse line, and along the hind margin a row of 

 triangular black dots. Body and legs browuish-white. 



Kather variable in the distinctness of the markings ; and 

 in occasional examples the alternate yellowish-brown and 

 black spotting of the costa beyond the middle is visible on 

 the upperside of the fore wings. Sometimes the brown 

 colour of these wings is found to lean more distinctly toward 

 grey. 



On the wing from June till the beginning of August. 



Larva seven-eighths of an inch long, tapering a little at 

 each end; segments plump, and each divided by a deep 

 wrinkle ; head of an opaline tint ; mouth and tips of the 

 papillas brown; a blacK mark in the second segment is 

 somewhat after the form of a dumpy ninepin with a pro- 

 jecting knob at the end ; dorsal region bright deep transparent 

 green relieved by two brilliant broad opaque white subdorsal 

 stripes ; on these the raised dots show half green and half 

 white, each with a whitish hair ; spiracles minute, round and 



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