342 LEPIDOPTERA. 



or very pale wainscot, base of the costa shaded witli black- 

 brown which also tinges the costa at intervals ; basal lino only 

 faintly perceptible as one of two or three faint attempts at 

 obli(|ue brown lines ; first line black, very obli(]iu' from the 

 dorsal margin to the median nervure, thence obliterated, ex- 

 cept for a small spot in the costa; second line black, extremely 

 oblique, bent like the other, lost above the middle ; the space 

 between these two is a jiortion of a broad, roughly defined, 

 blackish-umbreous stripe, which, arising on the dorsal 

 margin, stretches off along the middle area of the wing 

 until it attains the hind margin just below the apex ; usually 

 this is streaked before the hind margin with pale brown, or 

 the stripe is narrowed and then broadened at this portion ; 

 from it indistinct rippled pale brown lines run, parallel with 

 the hind margin, to the anal angle ; extreme hind margin 

 dotted with black, cilia smoky-brown, edged with white. 

 IJind wings short and broad, anal angle squared, apex shortly 

 rounded ; whitish-brown ; a broad band reaching from near 

 the base to the middle, composed of black-brown lines and 

 shading, half crosses the wing from the dorsal margin, and 

 coincides with the dark stripe of the fore wing ; beyond it 

 two faint rippled brighter brown lines, the outer composed of 

 small clouds, lie ])arallel with the hind margin, which is 

 edged with black dots ; cilia pale smoky-brown. l-'emale 

 extremely similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining pale greyish-brown, 

 browner towards the costa, which also is dotted witli black ; 

 discal sjiot visible as a black dot ; lines of the u])per side 

 faintly visible. Jlind wings shining greyish-white, dusted 

 with brown ; central spot, and the following transverse lines 

 faintly visible. Body and legs pale brown. 



Hardly variable except in the breadth and extent of the 

 black-brown colour and shading of the broad oblique band of 

 the fore wings. 



On the wing in ilay and June, and as a second generation 

 in August. 



