3i6 I.EPIDOPTEKA. 



and evenly curved ; other inarkiugs faiut. Hiud wiugs 

 white. 



AnteniiiC of the male simple, short, shining', dark brown 

 with whitish dotting; palpi porrected, trigonate, the 

 maxillary pair proportionately large, dusky white, blackened 

 at the sides ; head and thorax white dusted with brown ; 

 abdomen silky greyish-white. Fore wings almost narrowly 

 ovate, but the base narrow ; costa gently arched ; apex 

 almost rounded ; hind margin short but curved ; white, 

 dusted with brown, the markings dark brown, not very 

 pronounced ; first line concave toward the base, very evenly 

 curved, but having in the middle a minute tooth from which 

 projects the claviform stigma ; above this last is a small 

 brown cloud which almost obscures the separate orbicular 

 dot ; reniform stigma a faint black X-mark clouded with 

 brown and having above it a grey-browu shade on the 

 costa ; second line waved and much indented, making a 

 rounded bend outward above the middle, and blackened on 

 the costa ; a faiut brown cloud near the apex and another 

 near the middle of the hiud margin are followed by dusted 

 black marginal dots ; cilia gieyish-white. Hind wings 

 ample, rounded behind, very delicate and thin in texture, 

 white ; cilia also white. Female similar. 



Underside of fore wings shining smoky white ; the costa 

 and a large cloud before the apex shining yellowish-white. 

 Hiud wings white. Body and legs smoky white. 



This species is altogether of slighter build and more 

 delicate appearance, with a thinner covering of scales, than 

 the preceding. Its evenly curved first line is an excellent 

 means of recognition. 



On the wing in July and August. 



Larva and 1'upa practically unknown, ilr. Buckler 

 records that some eggs which he received from Mr. John 

 Sang hatched in August. He describes the very young 

 larva — " pale bluish-green with darker greyish dorsal 



