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second line, beyond which is a smoky-white band shading off 

 again to smoky-black, with indications of the white siibter- 

 minal line. Hind wings whitish-brown dusted with dark 

 brown; central spot black, followed by three equi-distant 

 curved and rippled black-brown transverse lines ; cilia all 

 pale brown chequered witli dark brown. Body and legs 

 pale brown, shaded with black. 



V^ariable in the general depth of green colouring, and in 

 the superficial purple glo.'^s ; some S[)ecimens having the 

 central band wholly deep green and the areas before and 

 beyond it far paler green, and in such cases generally show- 

 ing a considerable area of purple gloss, but occasionally more 

 marbled with white. Specimens from the New Forest, 

 Hants, and from Devon are usually of a very rich dark green, 

 and one taken by the late Major Still on Dartmoor had a 

 dark green border to the kind wings, and the cilia tinged 

 with yellow. From the east of Scotland some examples 

 have the basal blotch and central band of a very brilliant 

 velvety green-black. Mr. Kane reports strongly marked 

 and richly coloured forms from Ireland. 



Fading takes place very quickly in this species, in the 

 green colour, during life ; so that specimens which have 

 flown are usually more dull green, with the black markings 

 more distinct ; or tinged with brown or yellow-green. 



(^n the wing in September and October and after hyber- 

 nation in April. 



Lakva long and slender, cylindrical except that the first 

 four segments are a little thickened ; anal segment provided 

 with two sharp points lieiiinii ; head broad, pale green ; next 

 three segments of the same colour, with a slender ])urple-red 

 dorsal line edged on both sides with yellow ; remainder of 

 the body yellow above, pale green beneath ; the purple-red 

 dorsal line continued only as a series of spots of the same 

 colour, usually one upon each segment, and those upon the 

 last three elongated ; legs, prolegs. and anal points green. 



