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oblique and curved up, moderately tufted, white, tinged out- 

 side with purple-brown ; eyes prominent, black ; head smooth, 

 dull brown or white; thorax slender, smooth, pale greyish- 

 brown or brownish-white, the crest or tuft at the back very 

 small . f ascicles white . abdomen ^^ grey[sMii ^ 



out lateral tufts, anal tuft pointed, very small. Fore wino- s 

 rather triangular, costa very faintly curved, nearly straight; 

 apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin a little oblique, gently 

 rounded and expanded near the anal angle, where the cilia 

 are rather long; dorsal margin straight ; colour brownish- 

 white often suffused with pale purple ; a black-brown basal 

 streak lies below the base of the median nervure, and a minute 

 one below that of the subdorsal ; first line near the middle of 

 the wmg, as an irregular tawny-brown shade, or series of broken 

 streaks, almost thrown into loops ; second line white, oblique 

 very irregular, indented and almost looped, with long black 

 and white points thrown back; between these two lines is a 

 broad band of pale purple-brown, streaked in its costal portion 

 with white, with black-brown in the remainder; hind-marginal 

 region striped alternately with fawn colour and brownish- 

 white the extreme margin with chestnut; cilia white, inter- 

 sected and tipped by brown shades. Hind wings rounded 

 smoky white with a golden gloss, darkest along the hind 

 margin; cilia white. Female similar. Dr. Wallace states 

 hat specimens of the second brood are smaller and yellower 

 than those taken in June. 



Underside of the fore wings white, much clouded with 

 smoke colour m the upper half, but the costa streaked and 

 spotted with white. Hind wings white with a small central 

 dark dot and a faint smoky hind-marginal cloud. Body and 

 legs white. Variable in the degree of purple shading which 

 sometimes is nearly absent. 



On the wing in June, and as a second generation in August 

 and September. Where more at home, in the South of 

 Europe, from April till October. 



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