i62 LF.rinOPTKRA. 



uelireoiis stripes ; near tlie bind margiu are twin black spots, 

 ilind wings pale smoky grey. 



Antennie of the male shortly pectinated with oblique 

 ciliated teeth, dark brown : palpi projecting, conical, dark 

 brown tipped with white: head rather rough, grey-brown; 

 thorax similar, or mottled brown and white, very shortly and 

 bluntly tufted at the back ; abdomen short, whitish-grey, 

 spotted and dusted with black ; lateral tut'ts small ; anal tul't 

 r.ither depressed. Fore wings somewhat trigonate ; costa very 

 gently rounded, more so toward the a])ex, which is bluntly 

 aiigulated ; hind margin but a little curved; dorsal margin 

 nearlv straight; colour soft creamy brownish-white, tinged 

 with fawn colour : basal lilotch a small blackisli-ljrown cloud, 

 followed by a slender tawny transverse line ; parallel with 

 tiiis is the first line, erect, black, faintly curved; second line 

 also black, sinuous and somewhat erect, except a strong bend 

 <ir angle outward in the middle ; the space between these 

 two forming a Ijlack-brown or purple-browu central band, in 

 which sometimes very slightly blacker single fine lines are 

 ])arallel with the margins ; the second line is closely followed 

 bv a slender parallel tawny line, and this by another more 

 distinct and more indented ; beyond this is a brown cloud on 

 the costa, divided by a slender, sinuous and scalloped, 

 whitish sub-terminal line, from which the hind marginal area 

 is more shaded with smoky-brown ; above the middle twin 

 smoky black spots nestle in the curves of the two crescents 

 of the subterminal line ; extreme margin dotted and streaked 

 with black ; cilia whitish brown with a browner intersecting 

 shade. Hind wings elongated, rounded behind: three or 

 four faint smoky-brown transverse lines do not reach the 

 costal margin ; hind margin edged with black dots ; cilia 

 i)rownish-white. Female having simple antenna; but other- 

 wise similar. 



Underside of the forewiugs pale purplish-brown ; discal 

 spot minutely percejitible ; on the costa are several small 

 black spots, and the costal half of the wing is clouded with 



