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angulated, faintly smoky-black, except a short section from 

 the costa which is sometimes tinged with white; second line 

 very broadly elbowed outwards above the middle, white, more 

 broadly so toward the costa, and there throwing off white 

 curved clouding toward the apex of the wing ; this line edges 

 a cloud or transverse band of rich deep chocolate, the inner 

 margin of which is the ordinary central shade ; subterminal 

 line represented by a paler purplish stripe, edged with 

 purple-brown ; stigmata hardly perceptible, but sometimes 

 the reniform is visible as a small dai-ker lunule ; cilia light 

 purple-red. Hind wings long and rather large, pale smoky- 

 brown, shading darker toward the hind margin, near which 

 there is an ill-defined black-brown band ; outside this the 

 extreme margin is dusky pale yellow ; costal region more 

 pearly-white ; cilia dusky pale yellow, whiter at the tips. 

 Female accurately similar, except that the abdomen is rather 

 stouter and curved downward. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky-brown to beyond the 

 middle ; a broad band toward the hind margin smoky-white 

 with a tinge of purple ; costa pale purple ; beyond the middle 

 is a narrow, curved, smoky-brown transverse stripe edging 

 the darker area ; before the apex an oblique whitish streak 

 lies in a purple cloud ; cilia dark purple. Hind wings smoky- 

 white, dusted with black, and along the costa with purple ; 

 beyond the middle is a pale purplish-brown transverse stripe. 

 Body and legs purple-brown. 



A little variable in size and in the depth of ground-coloui-, 

 which is sometimes a rather light purple-brown. 

 On the wing in July and August. 



Larva thick and fleshy ; light green, with a whitish stripe 

 along the back, and with two darker lines along the sides ; 

 on the segments are whitish-yellow warts furnished with 

 fine small hairs ; over the feet and along the first three seg- 

 ments runs a yellow stripe bordered with black. (Kollar.) 

 Dr. Hofmaun says, short, thicker behind, more slender toward 



