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pink transverse stripe, continued accurately and completely 

 from the central stri]ie of the fore wings ; beyond this is a 

 slender angulated smoky-black transverse lino ; cilia rich 

 I)ink, shaded faintly back upon the wing-margins. Female 

 similar, but with Kiniplo antenna;. 



Undersides of all the wiugs pale drab, dusted with brown ; 

 the central stripe and outer lines smoky-black and conspic- 

 uous, and the cilia pink. Body pale drab ; legs purple- 

 brown. 



Variable in the intensitj' and breadth of the conspicuous 

 central stripe, from pink to purple-brown and flark crimson- 

 brown ; and also in the extent of its shading off outwardly ; 

 sometimes the whole hinder region of the fore and hind wings 

 is so tinged, or has a purplish-grey shade, and two specimens 

 in the collection of IMr. Sydney Webb have the space between 

 the central and second lines filled up with pur])le-brown. 

 On the other hand, in some individuals, the pink of the cilia 

 is strongly shaded inward upon the hind margins. The 

 most remarkable variety of this species, however, of which I 

 have any knowledge, has the whole surface of all the wings 

 smooth i)ale smol<y-brown, without any indication of markings 

 and only a faint tinge of pink at the tips of the cilia. This 

 prize is in the collection of Mr. S. J. Capper. The Rev. 

 J. Greene has one the ground colour of which is uniformly 

 pale smoky-grey, but it possesses the usual pink stripe. 



On the wing in June ; and as a partial or complete second 

 generation, at the end of July and in August. Specimens 

 of this later generation are frequently small ; probably it 

 only appears in favourable seasons, or localities. 



Larva. Head small, but nearly of the width of the 

 second segment, which with the tiiird, is small, rather flat, 

 an<l somewhat quadrate ; fifth segment much swollen and 

 laterally dilated ; remaining segments slightly swollen at the 

 sides, and restricted at the divisions of the segments ; skin 

 somewhat folded transversely, this is most observable on the 



