2;i.> r PfiDOPTERA 



margin is a cloudy stripe composed of reddish-brown or olive- 

 brown atoms, placed in crescents, and bending awa}' from 

 tlie margin above the middle to return below the apex ; 

 orbicular and reniform stigmata faintly ringed with red- 

 brown ; extreme hind margin edged with a line of the same 

 colour ; cilia yellow, intersected and dashed with a similar 

 tint, all these markings combining to i^roduce a prettily 

 latticed effect. Hind wings broad, angulated at the apex, 

 and rounded behind ; white with faint grey shading ; along 

 the hind margin is a distinct brown line, broadened toward 

 the aj)ex ; near it but within is a slender similar transverse 

 line ; cilia cloudy white. Female similar. 



Undersides of the fore wings whitish-yellow ; nervures 

 reddish-brown ; costa, second line, discal spot, and a broad 

 hind-marginal stripe dark brown, the latter ceasing below 

 the middle. Hind wings shining yellowish-white with a very 

 delicate curved line of small brown dots beyond the middle 

 and a similar but more clouded line along the hind margin ; 

 cilia dashed with the same colour. Body and legs pale 

 yellow. 



On the wing from June till the beginning of August. 



Larva seven-eighths of an inch long, thick in proportion 

 but tapering a little at each end ; anal prolegs extended 

 behind in a line with the body ; head glossy black ; mouth 

 green edged with black ; papill;\) colourless ; side margins 

 of the dorsal plate glossy black ; hair-bearing raised dots 

 similar ; dorsal area dark green ; sjjiracular strijje bright deep 

 jrellow ; immediately below it is a pale primrose or whitish 

 stripe ; spiracles round, yellowish brown with the centres 

 shining black ; undersurface dingy drab-green ; legs greenish ; 

 prolegs almost colourless. When full fed it contracts a little, 

 the dorsal region becomes bright purplish-violet, more shining 

 than before; but two days later it ceases to eat, the spiracular 

 dtripes lose their brilliancy, and in a few hours it spins up. 

 (W. Buckler — condensed.) 



