28S I.EI'inol'TERA. 



rather ruuiided ; yellow, faintly clouiled with reddish- 

 ochreous ; basal line angulated, orange-red, enclosing a basal 

 blotch tinged with the same colour; first line stronglv angu- 

 lated above the middle, orange-red ; second line orange- 

 brown, perpendicular from the costa, angnlated outwardh' in 

 the middle, then oblirpie to the dorsal mariiin; the enclosed 

 central sjiaee clouded from the second line with orange- 

 brown ; hiud-ni;irgin:il region more faintly clouded with the 

 same, in which the subterminal line is obscurely visible as a 

 series of yellow crescents, but spreading in its upper portion 

 into a broad yellow l)lotch which runs oblitjuely into the apex 

 of the wing ; extreme hind margin edged by a yellow- 

 brown line; cilia yellow, spotted with brown. Hind wings 

 long, fully rounded behind, silky yellowish-white, shading off 

 to yellow at the hind margin ; two faint yellow-brown trans- 

 verse lines are just visible on the dorsal half of the wing- 

 above the anal angle ; cilia yellowish-white. Female 

 similar. 



Underside of the fore wings pale yellow dotted upon the 

 costa, and also on the cilia, with brown: discal spot obscurely 

 black-brown ; the second line forming a ])urplisli-brown bar 

 halfway across the wing. Hind wings yellow ; central spot 

 distinct, black; beyond it is an indistinct series of three 

 slender red-brown transverse lines ; the middle one the most 

 noticeable. Body yellow-brown ; legs yellowish-white. 



Only very slightly variable in the depth of colour of the 

 transverse lines and shadings of the lore wings. 



On tiie wing in .lidy and August. 



L.UiV.v elongate, not attenuated at either extremity ; head 

 pale green ; body slightly yellowish-green, the segmental 

 divisions yellow; dorsal line ilark green; subdorsal and 

 spiracular lines whitish ; all tliese lines threadlike and 

 inconspicuous; on tlie green undersurface is a very dis- 

 tinct white line; legs and prolegs uuicoloious pale green. 

 (C. Fenn.; 



