432 LEPJDOPTERA. 



Russia, Bithynia, Syria, and even some parts of North 

 America. 



4. S. formosa, Haiv. — Expanse f to | inch (18-23 

 mm.). Fore wings sillcy pale red-brown ; a broad, rather 

 oblique, clouded black bar crosses near the middle of the 

 wing, and encloses the displaced white first line ; second 

 line shortly following it, distinct. Hind wings shining pale 

 smoky-brown. 



Antennte of the male simple, but the second joint flattened 

 into a broad, hollow — almost cup-shaped — knob, black- 

 brown ; palpi short, blunt, curved up closely to the face, 

 brown ; head and thorax purple-red ; abdomen glossy pale 

 brown, the edge of each segment paler. Fore wings rather 

 narrow and elongated ; costa gently arched ; apex squarely 

 angulated ; hind margin almost straight and hardly oblique ; 

 colour bright light purple-brown, dusted with white, with a 

 deeper purple space on the dorsal half from the base to the 

 first line, the costal portion of the same shaded with white ; 

 first line placed near the middle of the wing, erect, slightly 

 sinuous, double, deep black, but enclosing a white line, and 

 itself enclosed in a broad clouded black or red-black band ; 

 second line slender, dull white closely edged on each side 

 with red or red-black ; discal spot a nearly erect black 

 crescent, or streak, thickened at each end ; hind marginal 

 region dusted with grey-white, and edged with short black 

 streaks ; cilia shining smoky-brown. Hind wings ample, 

 much rounded behind, shining smoky-brown ; cilia paler. 

 Female similar, but the anteunje thread-like throughout. 



Undersides of all the wings glistening smoky-brown ; costa 

 of the fore wings pale brown. Body dull brown. Legs 

 darker, dusted on the inner sides with white. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva about five-eighths of an inch long ; head a little 

 narrower than the second segment but as wide as the third, 

 rounded at the lobes, dark velvety green, with indistinct 



