2l8 LEPIDOPTERA. 



pale brown, softly clouded with smoke-colour ; two transverse 

 lines gradually converge and unite upon the dorsal margin ; 

 hind wings very similar in colour. 



Antennge of the male pectinated with rather long slender 

 ciliated teeth, tapering off in the upper portion, and leaving 

 the tip threadlike, soioky-brown, the shaft light brown ; 

 tongue long ; palpi short and blunt, dull brown ; face smooth, 

 black-brown ; head tufted, paler ; thorax rather pale brown, 

 slender, somewhat shining and very little roughened ; 

 abdomen long and slender, whitish-brown, distinctly barred 

 at the edge of each segment with more smoky brown ; lateral 

 tufts spreading; anal tuft small. Fore wings moderately 

 broad ; costa very gently arched ; apex rounded ; hind 

 margin very gently curved and minutely crenulated ; dorsal 

 margin a little filled out and strongly ciliated ; colour dull 

 pale brown, dusted or clouded with smoky-brown ; first line 

 obscure, slender, oblique, black-brown, forming a distinct 

 spot on the costa ; second line distinct, very oblique, black, 

 arising from a black spot on the costa, bending out and then 

 back in a long sweep to the middle of the dorsal margin 

 where it forms a distinct black crescent ; between these 

 another black costal spot gives rise to a more direct, cloudy- 

 black transverse stripe, or central shade, which crosses the 

 black discal spot, joins the second line just above the dorsal 

 margin, then separates and forms a black streak or crescent 

 by the side of that just mentioned. The regular approach 

 and conjunction of these two lines, and their twin black 

 dorsal erect streaks are very characteristic of this species. 

 The second line is edged outwardly by a faint series of minute 

 white clouds, outside which the broad space to the hind 

 margin is much clouded with smoke-colour ; a cloudy black 

 divided spot on the costa is placed before the apex ; another 

 below it throws black streaks into the hind margin ; others 

 still below and much fainter, more or less margin an indis- 

 tinct white subterminal line, which is very irregular ; extreme 

 hind margin edged with black streaks ; cilia light brown, 



