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curved and rather shouldered at the base ; apex bluntly 

 rounded, almost angulated ; hind margin very slightly curved 

 and but little oblique ; dorsal margin nearly straight ; colour 

 purplish-umbreous to the middle, beyond this paler reddish- 

 umbreous, base clouded with leaden-brown but showing no 

 basal line ; first line excessively obscure, curved, lead-black ; 

 second line wpparenthf perpendicular and crossing the wing 

 just before the reniform stigma, the dorsal half brown edged 

 outside with yellowish-white, the rest merely the edge of the 

 dark shade, but in some examples the true line is indicated 

 in the usual position outside the reniform by an obscure pale 

 curve ; subterminal line faintly indicated as a pale brown 

 cloudy thread, not angulated and very little curved ; area 

 beyond it minutely dusted with black ; upper stigmata 

 scarcely visible, though sometimes suggested by faintly paler 

 clouds ; costal margin clouded with darker brown, in which 

 is a faint dotting of paler ; extreme hind margin edged with 

 a black line ; cilia brown dashed with black. Hind wings 

 smooth dark smoky-grey without markings ; cilia greyish- 

 white. Female rather smaller, with narrower fore wings, 

 colour light purple-red ; first line rather more distinct and 

 edged with white ; second line, though not very oblique, 

 complete, yellowish-white and in the normal position, forming 

 an angle outside the reniform stigma ; the portion outside it 

 rather paler than the rest of the wing. 



Underside of all the wings smoky-brown, with a distinct 

 bronzy tinge over the apical portion of the fore wings and 

 the costal half of the hind ; body and legs dark greyish- 

 brown. 



Not very variable, but there is a tendency in the male to 

 the brighter purple-red colour of the female ; and in the 

 West of Ireland this is accentuated, so that all the specimens 

 from that district are of a much richer, brighter red colour. A 

 specimen from Durham, sent by Mr. J. E. Robson, has the 

 reniform stigma distinct, with white margins and a broadly 

 white second line ; another in Mr. S. Stevens' collection has 



