200 LEPIDOPTERA. 



rounded ; hind margin oblique and gently curved ; dorsal 

 margin full, and strongly ciliated; colour brownish-wbite 

 dusted and shaded with pale brown ; base darker, forming a 

 patch edged by the first line, which is brownish-black, very 

 oblique, and sharply angulated just below the costa ; second 

 line oblique and tolerably direct, though formed of small 

 crescents and short angles, dark brown ; near it and almost 

 parallel is an obscure brown central shade which becomes a 

 deeper brown streak at the dorsal margin, and bends back to 

 a brown spot in the middle of the costa ; discal spot a hardly- 

 perceptible oval brown loop centred with white ; beyond the 

 second line is a faint parallel band of brown dusting, and 

 along the hind margin another; between them is a parallel 

 series of dusky brown angles, faintly edged outside with 

 white, this last representing a subterminal line; extreme 

 hind margin dotted with black or brown ; cilia brownish- 

 white. Hind wings very broad, rounded and broadly Granu- 

 lated behind ; white dusted with dark brown ; central spot a 

 dark brown cloudy ring ; before it is a partial brown trans- 

 verse stripe arising upon the dorsal margin ; beyond it a 

 distinct dark brown transverse line, disposed in flat crescents, 

 but edged outwardly by a broad band of dark brown dusting \ 

 beyond this is a cloudy brown stripe disposed throughout in 

 sharp angles, and edged outside with white in a similarly 

 angulated line ; marginal region dusted with yellow-brown \ 

 cilia whitish-brown. Female rather stouter, with simple 

 antennae, and often paler colour, but very similar. 



Underside of the fore wings whitish-brown, much 

 dusted toward the costal region with brown ; discal spot 

 large, rounded, smoky-brown ; hind wings very similar^ 

 rather whiter ; central spot dark brown, followed by a 

 slender imperfect brown stripe. Body and legs very pale 

 brown. 



Usually only a little variable in the depth of brown colour 

 of the dusting and markings ; but in the collection of Mr. S. 

 J. Capper is a white specimen having the transverse lines 



