30 LEPJDOPTERA. 



not very narrow, shiainj^ brownish-drab, the two lines brown, 

 undulating, placed far back, clouded with pale red. liiud 

 wings smoky whitish-brown. 



Antenna3 of the male thickened and bent at the base, 

 simple, brown ; palpi slender, pointed, upturned, pale 

 brown; head, thorax, and abdomen reddish-drab. Fore 

 ■wings elongated, rather broad behind ; costa gently arched ; 

 apex and hind margin rather evenly rounded ; colour pale 

 brownish-buff; costa from the base to the first line yellowish- 

 white ; immediately beneath this a dull red-brown shade 

 from the middle of the first passes to the second line ; first 

 line rather far from the base, oblique outwarcU from the 

 dorsal mai'gin, rather angulated, pale bluff, edged outwardly 

 with a dusting of blackish-browa , second line pale buff, 

 deeply waved and angulated, enclosed between shades of 

 black-brown dusting ; discal spot a faint black dot or pair 

 of the same; from the second line a reddish-brown shade 

 passes to the apex ; extreme hind margin edged with black 

 dots; cilia pale grey-brown. Hind wings ample, flatly 

 rounded behind, pale smoky-brown or smoky-white ; cilia 

 paler. Female similar, rather stouter, often altogether larger. 



Underside of the fore wings shining pale smoky-buff; 

 hind wings smoky-white. Body and legs brown. 



On the wing from June till August. 



Lakva half an inch long, plump, fat-looking, cylindrical ; 

 head small, shining dark brownish-red with the mouth 

 blacker; dorsal plate brownish-red in front, dark brown at 

 the back, divided by the dorsal line ; body pale greyish 

 Hesh-colour, nearly white ; with the slightest pale greyish- 

 brown dorsal line ; sides dimpled and the spiracular region a 

 little inflated; the ocellated spot on the sides of the third 

 and twelfth segment ringed with pale greyish-brown ; raised 

 dots minute, grey-brown, each with a similar hair ; legs 

 grey-brown ; prolegs tipped with dark ))rown hoops. (W. 

 Buckler — condensed.) 



