344 LEP/DOPTEJ^A. 



Fore wings spreading behind, acuminate, cleft ; costa arched 

 beyond the middle, apex sharply pointed ; hind margin 

 decided'y hollowed ; dorsal margin also concave ; rich tawny 

 or goldeu red-brown, shaded with white fi-om the base along 

 the costa, and having a white line from the base along the 

 dorsal margin ; bej'ond the middle is an elbowed white 

 transverse stripe preceded by a dark red-brown patch ; 

 extreme hind margin edged with the same colour, which 

 throws out points into the otherwise silvery-white cilia. 

 Hind wings — first two divisions broad, pale golden-brown or 

 pale tawny with similar cilia ; hind lobe short, white with a 

 broad red-brown triangular spot occupying most of the apical 

 area. Female similar, with the abdomen thicker. 



Underside an almost accurate copy of the colour and 

 markings of the upper, but a white line crosses the first lobe 

 of the hind wings. Body red-brown. 



On the wing in July and August. 



Larva half an inch long, cylindrical and strongly attenu- 

 ated at the extremities, considerably retractile, and when at 

 rest has a dumpy appearance ; head small, globnlar, smooth 

 and shining grey with the cheeks and mandibles shining 

 black ; segmental divisions strongly marked ; skin soft, 

 slightly rough in appearance, sparingly though conspicuously 

 clothed with short hairs, light greenish-yellow or yellowish- 

 green ; dorsal line conspicuously purple, from the second to 

 the sixth segment it appears as composed of round purplish 

 marks joined at the segmental divisions, and rather broad ; 

 on the remaining segments it is much narrower and more 

 uniform, but equally distinct ; subdorsal and spiracular lines 

 yellow, only faintly indicated ; segmental divisions also 

 yellow ; ventral surface and prolegs uniformly ding)' green 

 or yellowish, according to the colour of the dorsal surface ; 

 legs black and shining. (G. T. Porritt.) 



May and June — but from what time is uncertain — upon 

 <log-rose {^Kosa canina'), feeding on the buds and flovers, also 



