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3. A. baliodactylus, Zdl. — Expanse i to 1 inch (21- 

 25 mm.). Fore wings narrow, the lobes also narrow and 

 divergent, the apex straight or upraised ; pale brownish- 

 sulphur ; on the costa are short brown clouds ; cilia brown. 

 Hind wings pale bronzy brown. 



Antennae of the male simple, pale yellow, tinged in front 

 with brown ; palpi small, slender, drooping, yellow-brown ; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-yellow or whitey-brown. 

 Fore wings narrow, but the lobes widely diverging behind ; 

 costa nearly straight, the apices pointed, the front one some- 

 times pointing a little forward, the other drooping ; pale 

 suli^hur-yellow, the front lobe tinged with yellow-brown and 

 the costa edged, in interrupted streaks, with darker brown ; 

 of these streaks one runs along the anterior lobe into the 

 apex ; cilia yellowish- white, with smoky clouding toward the 

 apices of the lobes. Hind wings shining pale golden- 

 brown, with similar cilia. Legs pale sulphur. Female 

 similar. 



Undersides of all the wings pale golden-brown ; the lobes 

 more yellow beyond the middle, but the cilia darker. Body 

 pale sulphur. 



On the wing from the end of June till August. 



Larva seven lines in length ; tapering towards the anal 

 extremity ; head smaller than the second segment, yellowish- 

 green with a small black spot on each cheek, and brown 

 mandibles ; ground colour dingy green ; segmental divisions 

 and dorsal line yellowish-green ; dorsal raised dots whitish, 

 with whitish hairs ; those of the sides are provided, so far as 

 the foremost on every segment is concerned, with an addi- 

 tional longer hair ; prologs transparent yellowish-green. 

 (R. South.) 



May and June on marjoram (fM^rfnuo)? vulgare), eating the 

 young leaves at night. Mr. South says that it bites into 

 the stems and causes them to droop. 



Pupa dingy green, with a broad obscure red-brown dorsal 



