348 LEriDOPTERA. 



threads ; nervnres darkened to the second Hue ; a very short, 

 indistinct and disconnected, brown line runs obliquely into 

 the apex of the wing ; extreme hind margin edged by a very 

 slender brown line ; cilia shining pale brown, intersected by 

 a black-brown line. Hind wings broad, crenulated behind, 

 whitish-brown shading to pale umbreou.s along the hind 

 iiiargiu ; in the middle are three faint slender shaded brown 

 transverse lines, quite parallel ; beyond them two others, more 

 distinct and complete; the last, sometimes duplicated, edges 

 the darker shade along the hind marginal space ; extreme 

 margin edged by an undulating brown line ; cilia brown, 

 intersected by a darker line, i'emale rather smaller, with 

 narrower and more pointed fore wings, and much narrower 

 hind wings; the abdomen shorter; otherwise similar. 



Undersides of all the wings pale purplish-umbreous, with 

 the transverse lines of the upper side distinctly reproduced, 

 and the central spots visible; cilia darker brown. Body 

 and legs umbreous. 



Only a little variable in the depth of colour of the wings, 

 especially in the shading of the central space or band — which 

 very often is no darker than the ground colour, and. on the 

 other hand, has sometimes a dark cloud touching the middle 

 of the second line. 



On the wing in September and the beginning of October. 



Larva cylindrical, moderately stout and nearly uniform 

 throughout, except that the first tw'o and the last .segments 

 taper a little ; skin Bmootli ; head grey freckled with darker 

 grey ; back and sides whitish-yellow, the back slightly 

 glaucous, the sides more white ; dorsal line thin, formed of 

 greyish freckles; the subdorsal line rather higher up than 

 usual, formed also of greyish freckles, darkest near the head, 

 growing paler towards the last segment, and bearing the 

 dorsal tubercular dots; below it, on the side, is a fine greyish 

 line, and just below this a broader and darker stripe, with 

 still darker freckles ; spiracular region and uudersurfact* pale 



