358 LEPIDOPTERA. 



oblique ; dorsal marcjin also faintly rounded ; shining pale 

 purple-brown ; basal line black, jingulated externally, en- 

 closint,'- a rather larf^e basal blotch of deeper purple-brown; 

 first line almost ])arallel, and placed at but a short distance, 

 black, and spreading into small black clouds on the nervures ; 

 second line angulated outwards above the middle, otherwise, 

 rather regularly curved aud but little indented, black, rather 

 thickened on the costal and dorsal margins and on the 

 nervures ; all these lines are faintly edged on the outside 

 with white ; central band rich purple-brown, containing 

 two faint transverse smoky-brown lines parallel with the 

 first and second respectively, also a black-brown discal spot ; 

 subterminal Hue broken up into a series of white angles, most 

 of which are tipped with small black streaks; of these the 

 largest is near the costa and puints to another cloudy black 

 streak which runs obliquely into the aj)ex of the wiug ; ex- 

 treme hind margin dotted with dark brown ; cilia pale purple- 

 brown dashed with white. Hind wings long, rounded 

 behind; silky brownish-white, shading to pale purplish- 

 brown along the hind margin, aud having in the middle a 

 faint suggestion of an elbowed transverse brown thread ; cilia 

 pale purple-brown. Female very similar but stouter, and the 

 markings sometimes more sharply defined. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky ])ale i)uq)lish-brown ; 

 discal spot black ; second line visible, black-brown, edged out- 

 side on the costa with yellowish-white, and followed by a 

 shaded paralKd lu-owu line. Hind wings brownish-white 

 dusted with dark brown ; central spot black ; in the middle is 

 a curved brown transverse Hue, most noticeable upon the 

 nervures ; beyond it a less distinct parallel cloudy brown 

 stripe. Body and legs pale purplish-brown ; the tarsi in front 

 darker. 



Usually not variable, but specimens from the Hebrides are 

 more deeply tinged with purple. 



On the wing in Jidy and August. 



