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line rather darker tawny, cloudy, arranged in three loops 

 between nervures, edged inwardly by a paler shade ; second 

 line only visible as the inner edge of a narrow pale stripe 

 which is crossed by a dusky line on each nervure ; from this 

 line an oblique pale shade runs into the apex of the wing ; 

 subterminal line only just perceptible as the waved edge of 

 a darker tawny hind-marginal stripe ; nervures in some 

 small degree clouded with dark brown ; on the median, 

 at the end of the discal cell, is a pure white dot, often of 

 a thick crescent form ; extreme hind margin edged with a 

 yellow-brown line; cilia tawny, clouded or dappled with 

 darker brown. Hind wings pale smoky-brown, paler at the 

 base ; nervures darker brown ; cilia smoky-white with a pale 

 yellow line along their base. Female very similar. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky pale tawny, rather 

 more red along the costa ; nervures thickened and dusted 

 with whitish-yellow ; on the costa before the apex is a cloudy 

 black spot, from which a faint smoky-black shade crosses 

 the wing. Hind wings smoky-white, very broadly clouded 

 with tawny dusting along the costal area, and with brown 

 atoms beyond the middle of the wings. Body and legs 

 reddish-brown. 



Apparently not variable. 



On the wing in August, September, and October; but 

 abroad it seems to emerge in July and August. 



Larva tolerably stout, tapering slightly to the anal ex- 

 tremity; head somewhat shining, horn colour, with two 

 indistinct grey lines down the face ; body wainscot brown, 

 more inclining to dirty flesh-colour on the sides and under- 

 surface, leaving the dorsal area of a clearer yellowish- wain- 

 scot colour ; subdorsal stripe fairly well defined, paler than 

 the areas which it separates, decidedly waved, rising at the 

 segmental divisions and falling below the spiracles, which are 

 small and deep black ; the skin on this spiracular stripe is 

 somewhat rugose and loose in texture, especially on the last 



