158 LEPIDOPTERA. 



an oblique transverse stripe of brighter red-brown, becoming 

 at the costa a dark brown blotch ; orbicular stigma only- 

 indicated by a reddish -brown dot ; reniform stigma large 

 and distinct, leaden-brown edged with red-brown, except at 

 the upper side, where it is apparently extended to the 

 costa by a red-brown cloud, and forms the most noticeable 

 marking upon the wing ; but the most reliably distinctive 

 marking is a round black dot which is placed just within the 

 anal angle ; cilia smooth pale fawn-colour, faintly dashed 

 with brown. Hind wings rounded, smoky greyish-white to 

 the middle, but with the nervures dark ; the whole surface 

 beyond the middle is occupied by a very broad smoky-black 

 band, which also throws a shade up the dorsal margin ; cilia 

 white with a yellow -brown line along the basal portion. 

 Female rather stouter, very similar. 



Underside of the fore wings yellowish-white with a large 

 black spot at the position of the reniform stigma, followed by 

 a smoky-black transverse stripe, beyond which the hind 

 marginal region is dappled with smoky-brown. Hind wings 

 white with a more obscure smoky-black band along the hind 

 margin, rather dappled at its edge with white ; cilia whiter. 

 Body and legs yellowish-white, the tibia? pale brown. 



Variable in the intensity of the ground colour of the fore 

 wings from pale creamy-brown or buff to rich tawny and 

 chestnut-red. Along with such extreme forms, in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Sydney Webb, is one in which the blotch at the 

 reniform stigma is the only noticeable marking. One in the 

 cabinet of Mr. Charles Fenn has a large whitish blotch in 

 the dark border of the hind wings. 



On the wing in June and July, and as a partial second 

 generation in August and September. 



Larva plump and full, very slightly narrowed toward the 

 head, and still less so toward the hinder extremity ; hairs 

 short and bristly, single ; head well rounded, green or yellow ; 

 body deep green with the dorsal and subdorsal stripes dis- 



