32o LEPIDOPTERA. 



however, is either frequently wanting, or exceedingly evane- 

 scent ; anal tuft small. Fore wings very broad, pointed and 

 trigonate ; costa faintly arched toward the base and the apex, 

 very straight between ; apex pointed and rather produced ; 

 hind margin beneath it a little hollowed, then filled out and 

 expanded in the middle, but oblique towards the anal angle, 

 which is prominent ; dorsal margin very gently rounded, 

 somewhat ciliated and full towards the base ; colour pale 

 brown abundantly dusted with purple-brown ; first line dark 

 purple-brown or red-brown, curved and a little indented ; 

 second line of the same colour, broadly shaded off inwardly, 

 oblique, rather direct, and placed in the middle of the wing ; 

 the inward shading often takes the form of a narrow, deep 

 brown central transverse stripe ; subterminal line a faint 

 dark brown shade, sinuous but complete, edged, especially 

 above the middle, with white and black dots ; orbicular 

 stigma sometimes indicated by a brown dot, reniform more 

 frequently by a small black-brown cloud ; below the apex 

 the concave portion of the hind marginal space is clouded 

 with dark brown ; cilia concolorous. Hind wings large, 

 rounded behind, pale smoky-brown ; extreme margin and 

 cilia a little darker. Female extremely similar, but its body 

 is rather stouter and more pointed. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky-brown, clouded along 

 the costa with pale brown, and having before the apex two 

 black-brown commencements of transverse stripes which do 

 not extend further. Hind wings pale golden-brown dusted 

 with dark brown, especially so along the hind marginal region ; 

 central spot black ; beyond it is a cloucTy dark brown trans- 

 verse stripe. Body and legs pale smoky-brown. 



Hardly variable except in the depth of the ground colour, 

 of the stripe along the second line, and of the hind marginal 

 space, from light umbreous with a brown stripe and shading, 

 or with very little indication of either, to purplish-brown 

 with bands much deeper in colour. 



On the wing in J une and July ; but abroad apparently in 



