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and the body stouter. Underside of the fore wing's pale 

 smoky-browu ; discal spot black ; costa pale ochreous, with 

 three black dots near the base ; second line smoky-black, 

 distinct, followed by several faint, parallel, brown threads. 

 Hind wings very pale smoky-brown ; central spot black, 

 followed by a distinct browu transverse line ; beyond this 

 are three parallel, much fainter, rippled brown threads ; and 

 the black hind marginal zigzag line is distinct. Body and 

 legs pale smoky-browu. 



Rather variable in size and also in the degree of mottling 

 of brown scales on the fore wings, the central band being in 

 some cases almost obscured, in others left clearly distinct. 

 In Mr. Sydney Webb's collection is a specimen having the 

 fore wings quite smoothly pale ijurplish-brown, without dust- 

 ing or darker clouding or lines, but the basal blotch and the 

 central band are narrow and sharply black-brown. 



This species bears considerable resemblance to the last, 

 ))ut may always be distinguished from it by its narrower 

 central band, and by the dull surface of its wings, and 

 absence of the bright purple gloss so visible in >S'. ditbitata. 



On the wing in May, but in some seasons from the end of 

 April till the l^eginuing of June. 



Larva short, stout, having horny plates on the second and 

 anal segments ; head rounded, shining, reddish-brown ; back 

 and sides dull greyish or greenish-slate colour ; dorsal line 

 darker, edged on each side with white; subdorsal lines white, 

 threadlike and inconspicuous, margined below by a broad 

 conspicuous dark grey stripe ; spiracles ))lack, placed in 

 yellow or pale orange blotches; below each is a browu or 

 grey blotch ; anal plate reddish-brown ; undersurface i)ale 

 grey ; legs, and front edge of the second segment, dark 

 brown. (Chas. Feun.) 



Mr. Buckler figures a variety in which the broad dorsal and 

 lateral surface is purple-brown, and the bordering stripe black. 



June and July on barberry (L'crbcris vuhjaris), also, in 

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