.iSO l.i:i'll)')flER.\. 



nearly prrpeiuliciilar faint grey-bidwn biiipes, the outtTmost 

 of which is hiackened on tlu' niediiiiii niT\ ure. and seems to 

 represent tin- UMial tirst liiu- ; a lilth' he_\ ond this is a broader, 

 douiile. similar faint stripe, which forks above tlu- middle and 

 encloses till' Ijlack discal spot : l)e\on<l this is the second line, 

 attended l)y a parallel line on either side, all similar in colour 

 and like the rest very obscure ; nervures faintly stivaked with 

 black especially at their forks: alonir the extreme hind 

 iiiarijin are a few black dots : cilia of the ground colour. 

 Hind wint^s ovate, rather lon<r. rounded beiiind. yellowi.sli- 

 wliite. with a faint brt)\vn tint on the nervures ; cilia con- 

 coloious. i''emale utterly ditfei'ent. the abdomen short, thick, 

 and pointed beliind. yellow-brown mottled uitli black-brown: 

 tliorax also rat liei' broad, dark brown : wings all mere short 

 lobes, tlu- fore pair pale yellow brown, with a sini^'le oblitpie 

 black transvei>e band; the hind pale ii'rey with a darker 

 bar: lei:s rather lone, not tufted, lirown, barred in fi'ont with 

 dirty white and lilack. 



I'ndei-side of the fore wings of the male very ]>a]e siuokv - 

 brown, more rufous toward the costa: almost devoid of 

 markings. Hind wings similar but paler, and showing, 

 rather more definitely, twf) curved tran.sverse l)rown indica- 

 tions of lines. l!ody and legs light l)rown : tarsi in front 

 black-brown, barred witli dull white. 



Hardly variable : but specimens taken in Koxburghshire 

 by Mr. Adam Klliott have the black marginal dots unusually 

 distinct upon both fore and hind wings: and the late Mr. 

 Xicliolas Cooke recorded tliat he had found specimens of the 

 female entirely without wings at Petty Tool Wootl. Cheshire ; 

 these he had identitied as this species only by the males witli 

 which they were i)aired. 



Oil the wint; in October ami No\eiid)er. 



ljAit\.\ stout and rather short, fairly cylindrical, head 

 r<)Unded. black or black-brown: body rather translucent: 

 general coloiii- p;de greyish-green or yellow-green : raised 



