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dorsal margiu gracefully curved; colour drab, reddish-drab, 

 or brownish-drab; first and second lines frequently im- 

 perceptible, when visible the first is slender, irregular, nearly 

 perpendicular, red-brown; the second indicated by red- 

 brown or dark brown dots on the nervures, faintly united by 

 reddish crescents ; subterminal line obscure, brownish-white, 

 edged behind, at the costa, by an obscure dark brown or 

 smoky-black triangular streak, below this by two small deep 

 black spots placed closely together and very conspicuous, 

 and often by one or two smaller ones close above the anal 

 angle; stigmata often hardly perceptible, when visible the 

 orbicular is only a faintly paler cloud, and the reniform more 

 noticeable from being margined by a fine pale line and its 

 lower area occupied by a brown or lead-black cloudy spot, 

 this last, moreover, being often visible when no other trace 

 of the stigma is to be seen ; cilia concolorous. Hind wings 

 pale smoky-brown with a gloss of brighter brown ; nervures 

 a little darker; central spot smoky-black; cilia brownish- 

 white. Female very similar but with simple antennae and 

 stouter body; yet sometimes rather larger, with the costa 

 more rounded and the fore wings consequently broader and 

 with more distinct markings. 



Underside of the fore wings pale reddish-brown clouded 

 in the middle with smoky-brown, and with a faint transverse 

 stripe of the latter colour beyond the middle. Hind wings 

 reddish-white dusted with brown ; the central spot distinct, 

 black ; beyond it a narrow transverse line of slender streaks 

 upon nervures ; cilia tinged with light brown. 



Its range of variation is not extensive, and is in some 

 degree indicated in the above description. In ground colour 

 from the palest drab to reddish- drab, reddish-buff, smoky- 

 drab, and brownish- drab ; in some of the palest examples a 

 dull brown or purplish-brown angulated central shade is 

 distinctly noticeable, while this marking — usually absent — 

 is more faintly visible, as a reddish shade, in some of the 

 more warmly coloured examples; the cloudy spot in the 



