350 LEPIDOPTERA. 



somewhat retuse ; costa gently arched throughout ; apex 

 angulated ; hind margin below it straight or almost hol- 

 lowed, but bent and curved off below the middle ; dorsal 

 margin faintly curved ; colour dark slate-brown or grey- 

 brown with a faint dusting of red ; basal line only suggested 

 by a black-ringed white dot on the median nervure and a 

 black streak on the costa ; first line an obscure series of 

 black dots and clouds placed in curves ; second line an equally 

 obscure series of black-brown cloudy crescents, followed by a 

 partial parallel row of black dots ; subterminal line conspi- 

 cuous, a combined rust-red and pale yellow line from the anal 

 angle straight three-fourths of the way to the apex, then 

 suddenly broken and set back ; orbicular stigma large, only 

 perceptible as a faint dusky yellow oval edged with red; 

 reniform stigma also large, erect, visible by a similar edging, 

 except that its lower area is filled by a cloudy leaden-black 

 spot ; costa beyond the middle dotted with white ; extreme 

 hind margin obscurely edged with black dots ; cilia concol- 

 orous, but intersected by a pale line. Hind wings not large, 

 hind margin rather sinuous, smoky blackish-grey; nervures 

 browner; cilia smoky-yellow tipped with white, and often 

 there is a narrow stripe of greyish-white along the hind 

 margin. Female accurately similar, body hardly stouter, but 

 more pointed behind. 



Underside of the fore wings pale yellowish-grey, much 

 dusted with smoky-black, the middle portion occupied by 

 a smoky cloud; reniform stigma cloudy-black, followed by 

 two transverse dull black bands, the first curved, the second 

 straight. Hind wings greyish-white abundantly dusted with 

 smoky-brown, the flecks unusually large ; central spot small, 

 black ; beyond it is an undulating cloudy-black transverse 

 stripe. Body and legs dull brown dusted all over with black- 

 brown. 



Not very variable, but the general colour of the fore wings 

 ranges from pale grey to dark slate-brown and to red-brown, 

 specimens from western districts being especially liable to 



