282 LEPIDOPTERA. 



white, much clouded with dark brown ; discal spot and the 

 two transverse lines paler ; hind wings smoky-white. 



Antennas of the male simple but shortly ciliated, purple- 

 brown ; palpi very slender, porrected, light brown ; head 

 short and broad, shining dark chocolate ; thorax reddish- 

 brown blotched with black ; abdomen shining pale red- 

 brown. Fore wings narrow, elongated ; costa flatly curved ; 

 apex and hind margin rounded ; surface shining with a 

 greasy lustre ; reddish-white, or pale reddish-drab, much 

 clouded with black ; a roughly edged black-brown transverse 

 band precedes the first line, which is sinuous, and of the 

 ground colour ; second line similar, much rippled, preceded 

 by a large black-brown costal blotch, and a still larger 

 similar blotch on the dorsal margin, or else by a complete 

 central black-brown band, and followed by broad black-brown 

 clouding ; hind margin dotted with black ; cilia reddish- 

 drab. Hind wings broad, rounded behind; smoky white, 

 edged with a brown line ; cilia smoky white intersected by 

 a dusky line. Female similar, but larger. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky yellowish-brown, with 

 the second line distinct and broad, pale yellow ; and a similar 

 dot in the middle of the costa ; hind margin edged with a 

 brown line. Hind wings as on the upper side, or rather 

 darker. Body and legs red-brown. 



On the wing in July and August. 



Larva about an inch long, cylindrical, and even in 

 bulk, a little tapering in front ; the subspiracular ridge less 

 prominent than in the last species ; skin brilliantly glossy 

 all over, but under the microscope it is seen to be very finely 

 and beautifully shagreened ; head rounded, deep chestnut- 

 red ; collar deeper red, and edged narrowly in front with 

 black ; general colour, from the sheen of the surface, diflBcult 

 to describe, bronzy-invisible-green-black being the combina- 

 tion of words which suggests itself; the hinder segments 

 having a rather paler tint, and the anal plate a reddish or 



