BOARMID.^—ELLOPIA. 1 1 5 



upper part of the head, which is pale reddish-drab, by a 

 transverse channel ; thorax narrow, pale red ; abdomen 

 smooth and slender, pale buff; the lateral and anal tufts and 

 the edges of the segments shining whitish-buff. Fore wings 

 somewhat ovate, costa flatly arched ; apex bluntly angulated ; 

 hind margin rather oblique and smoothly, very gently, 

 rounded ; dorsal margin rounded aud fully ciliated ; colour 

 red-buff, abundantly dusted with bright red or purple-red ; 

 first line a whitish slender stripe edged outwardly with bright 

 red, oblique and much curved back to the costa ; second line 

 also oblique aud curved back to the costa, but rather leaning 

 toward the first line below the middle, slender, whitish, edged 

 with red on its inner side ; the remaining space between the 

 two lines more strongly dusted with red than the other por- 

 tions of the wing, and forming a central band ; cilia silky, 

 undulating, reddish-bufF, paler at the tips. Hind wings 

 broad and regularly rounded, whitish -buff abundantly dusted 

 with bright red atoms, aud having a similar central trans- 

 verse stripe or line in continuation of the second line of the 

 fore wings ; cilia reddish-buS' with paler tips. Female larger, 

 the thorax broader and the abdomen even more robust ^ 

 antennae simple ; colour and markings similar, or more dull 

 red, or brownish-red. 



Underside of all the wings whitish-buff, the costal half 

 of the fore wings tinged with red, deeply so toward the 

 base ; devoid of markings, except a faint suggestion of the 

 second line of the fore wings, and a more distinct one of 

 the line upon the hind wings. Body and legs pale red. 



Usually tolerably constant in colour and markings, but 

 occasionally the two lines of the fore wings are drawn nearer 

 together in the middle, the second being the less stable of the 

 two. Specimens of a deeper, darker red colour are now and 

 then to be met with, and become more frequent in the Mid- 

 lands and in Northern districts. In Salop a form is found of 

 a grey-red colour, and even dark greenish-grey. This serves 

 as a passage to the variety known as 2)rat>inaria, in which all 



