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slender streak of light orange-yellow ; beneath it at the 

 base of the dorsal margin is a shaded red cloud; first line 

 deep black, slender, sinuous, indented, but nearly perpen- 

 dicular ; second line similar, not very oblique but much 

 indented ; subterminal line a row of cloudy red-black spots 

 not attaining either margin ; orbicular stigma of the ground 

 colour, partially but obscurely edged with deep black ; reni- 

 form stigma extremely large, sharply edged at the back and 

 below with deep black, the remainder slenderly and faintly 

 margined ; within it is a large, somewhat lunate orange-red 

 cloud ; claviform stigma outlined with black ; from it a 

 straight, thick, deep black bar passes to the second line ; 

 the space between the upper stigmata is triangular and deep 

 black, the costal margin above it being clouded with the 

 same ; cilia of the ground colour, dashed with deep black. 

 Hind wings not very large, the hind margin sinuous and 

 somewhat excavated below the apex, smoky-white with a 

 reddish flush at the base, shading off to smoky-black behind ; 

 nervures and hind margin dark brown ; cilia brownish-white, 

 whiter at the tips. Female accurately similar. 



Underside of the fore wings pale purple-brown, shading to 

 paler in the middle and to pearly-white along the dorsal 

 margin ; discal cell filled with long prostrate hair-scales ; 

 reniform stigma indicated by a large black spot. Hind 

 wings dusky-white, abundantly suffused and dusted with 

 purple-brown ; central spot large and black ; beyond it is a 

 curved irregular smoky-black transverse stripe. Body and 

 legs deep purple-brown. 



Hardly ever varying here., but in the collection of the late 

 Mr. F. Bond is a specimen of a paler slate-grey. On the 

 Continent the general tendency appears to be to rather 

 larger size and a more dull and paler slate-grey colouring, 

 with a darker central shade, and the red of the reniform 

 stigma intensified. 



On the wing in September and October, though reared 

 specimens sometimes emerge in August ; it hybernates, and 



