4oS l.EI'inOI'TEKA. 



COst;i to tlie iipex of the will"-, extreme Jiiiid iiiar<jiii edffed 

 with ]);urs of chocolate dots; cili.i sliiiiiii<r hrownisli-wliite, 

 daslied witli red-lirown. Jliiid wings rathei- long and narrow, 

 rounded behind; smoky-white, faintly tinged along the 

 margins with purple-brown, and having beyond the middle a 

 very obscure transverse lirown line, cilia glossy wliite ; the 

 lobes very small, folded and curved, of the colour of the 

 wing. 



I'Vmale very similar but with uo trace of the lobes or 

 winglets, body a little thicker, and the cloudy line or baud 

 across the hind wings rather more distinct. 



Underside of the fore wings pale reddish-brown, with a 

 dark lirown cloud near the base of the costa, and an angu- 

 lated dark brown stripe iialfway across at the end of the 

 cell; cilia sjiotted with brown. Hind wings reddish- 

 white, with the faint transverse baud of the uj)]ier side 

 rather more expres^ed, and t!ie extreme hind margin edged 

 with fine brown short lines. J5ody and legs dark brown. 



X'ariable as already suggested with respect to the brown 

 stripe beyond the central band; but when this band is faint 

 or obliterated there is usually also a diminution of the 

 brownish clouding, so that the whole surface except the 

 central band becomes jialer in varving degrees, till some 

 specimens are almost juire civamy-wliile. with the exception 

 of this baud and the basal line. On the otlier hand, in some 

 si)ecim(ms the whole surface is striped, dusted, and suffused 

 with reddish-brown, even in some degree obscuriuer the 

 brown bands. 



On the wing from the end of .March till the beginning of 

 ^Jay. 



L.\ii\.\ moderately stout, nearly cylindrical but rather 

 ridged and wrinkled at the sides; anal segment terminated 

 by two small siiarp points; head rather retracted, rounded, 

 smaller than the second segment, green ; thoracic segments 

 rather drawn together, thickened, and arched when at rest 



