152 LEl'lDOl'TERA. 



AnteniuL' of the male slenderly but rather tlistinctly 

 pectinaleil with very fine ciliated teeth, shining dark brown; 

 palpi ])rojecting, conical, dark red ; eyes bi-on/.y-brown : head 

 and thorax purple-brown, hinder portion paler or grey- 

 l)rown ; abdomen glossy pale brown, each segment faintly 

 edged with white ; lateral tufts conspicuous ; anal tuft com- 

 pressed to a point. I'ore wings rather elongated ; costa very 

 slightly arched, i)ut more so toward the apex, which is 

 bluntly angulated ; jiind and dorsal margins very nearly 

 straight, and the anal angle definite ; ground colour shining 

 whitish-grey, purplish-grey or pale yellow-brown; basal 

 blotch pale purj)le edged with darker; li"St line very evenly 

 curved, ijlaelc or dark ])urple; second line of the same 

 (■olour. sinuous, thniwing out a blunt projection just above 

 the niid<lle, much holloweil below it: these two enclose a 

 smooth glossy jiale purple or purple-red central band con- 

 taining sometimes a small darker pur])le discal spot and a 

 faint similar streak or two on the costa; beyond the band are 

 two more short dark purple costal streaks, and usually a 

 purple-red or purple-black oblique streak runs into the apex 

 of the wing; Ijut otherwise the whole area beyond the sesoud 

 line is without markings, smoothly of the glossy ground 

 colour or shading a little darker toward the hind margin ; 

 cilia concolorous. Hind wings elongated, rounded behind ; 

 smoky-white or pale smoky-grey, usually with a central 

 transverse curved and angulated grey line, sometimes with a 

 fainter and more curved line before, and others following it, 

 but often with none; cilia smoky-grey. Female similar, or 

 with (he g'-ound colour more ochreous, but with simjjle 

 antenna'. 



Undeiside of the fore wings shining purplish-grey; the 

 liand of the upper side faintly indicated in blackish lines 

 and clouding. Hind wings smoky-white with a purple 

 Hush ; central spot black ; the middle line as on the u])per 

 side but blacker. Body and legs purjjle-browD. 



^'ariabll• in the ground colour, from pale silvery-grey to 



