84 LEPIDOPTERA. 



short and thickly tufted, mixed black and white ; head 

 tufted and barred, lower portion black dusted with white, 

 then barred with pale brown, and between the antennas with 

 white, above this black dusted with white ; tufts beneath 

 the antennas very large, dusky-white ; collar moderately 

 large and rather peaked, brownish-white, barred in front 

 with black, behind this faintly with grey and white, the 

 back margin broadly grey-brown ; rest of thorax grey- 

 brown, the shoulder-lappets streaked with white ; crests 

 obscure, the top one covered by the peak of the collar, 

 that at the back black-brown and rather prostrate ; fascicles 

 dirty white ; abdomen long, pale brown, more reddish-brown 

 behind ; basal segment ornamented with a black dorsal crest, 

 the following segments with very obscure similar prostrate 

 tufts ; lateral tufts small and obscure, the anal long, silky, 

 pale brown. Fore wings narrow ; costa straight to near the 

 apex, where it is flatly arched ; tip angulated ; hind margin 

 very oblique, gently curved ; dorsal margin nearly straight ; 

 colour pale brownish-grey ; basal line only indicated by very 

 slender streaks close to the costa ; first line black-brown, 

 cloudy but distinct, forming very long angles ; second line 

 similar and nearly complete, but in shorter angles ; a faint 

 series of brown clouds seems to suggest a subterminal 

 line ; orbicular stigma large, pale grey, edged on each 

 side with black, and divided with pale brown ; reniform 

 stigma pale grey clouded with brown and completely edged 

 with black ; region between the stigmata and near the 

 transverse lines clouded with brown ; hind margin dotted 

 with pale brown spots which are edged behind with black 

 lunules ; cilia greyish-white dusted with brown. Hind 

 wings somewhat rounded, though having a faint hollow 

 below the apex ; white at the base, shading off to pale 

 brown behind ; nervures rather darker brown ; cilia white. 

 Female very similar, but the body shorter. 



Underside of the fore wings pale smoky -grey edged with 

 paler on the costa and hind margin. Hind wings white, 



