2</) LEl'IDOPTERA. 



but less strongly aiigulated, orauge-brown ; second line 

 distant, ratber erect, bent outward in the middle, more or 

 less, into a blunt ])rojection or broad double tooth ; the 

 intermediate space often forming a rich orange-brown 

 central band mottled with ochreous, or else shaded from 

 the costa with orange-brown or tawny, in which are faint 

 pale rounded spots and darker lines ; subterminal line 

 extremely faint, a mere reddish thread; beyond it is some 

 tawny or orange-brown shading which culminates in a wedge- 

 shaped blotch running sharply into the apex : cilia ])ale 

 lautiy. unspotted. Hind wings long, rather ovate, rounded 

 behind ; silky yellowish-white; cilia rather yellower. Female 

 less in expanse of wing, l)ut the body much stouter; colour 

 rather paler yellow, and the orange-brown markings and 

 shading lighter in tone, or even much fainter. 



Undersides of all the wings pale straw-colour ; costa of the 

 fore wings ochreous ; second line strongly marked as an 

 orange-brown stripe, shading off and indistinct below the 

 middle; the hind marginal tawny blotch conspicuous ; on the 

 hind wings is a visible pale brown central spot ; halfway from 

 it to the hind margin is a slender curved tawny line, and 

 beyond this another, more faint, liody and legs yellow- 

 brown. 



Exceedingly \ariable in the depth and extent of the dark 

 clouding and colouring ; in some specimens, especiall}* those 

 of the south, it is faint, and occasional examples are only 

 yellow with the transverse lines a little darker; from this 

 there is a gradual advance, the central band mottled and 

 marbled in every degree with orange-brown, till it becomes 

 wholly deep dark orange-brown, or has this rich colour merely 

 infringed upon by short ochreous streaks from the costa; the 

 central band also sometimes broadened, and its outer projec- 

 tion extended, till it joins the ecpially rich, dark, and much 

 extended hind marginal clouding : in a further range of 

 variation the dark colouring extends more or less over the 

 ground colour or is reticniated upon it, till in those found 



