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attains the first line, on which arises another Hack longitu- 

 dinal streak, which unites with the lower margin o£ the orbi- 

 cular stigma — these two black streaks, which are sometimes 

 thickened, being the only distinct markings on the wings — 

 orbicular stigma broad, ashy-brown, partially margined below 

 with black, but coalescing above with the whitish subcostal 

 stripe ; reniform stigma very obscure, faintly edged with 

 blackish, and inside with ashy-brown ; claviform stigma either 

 absent, or only indicated by a blackish crescent at its tip ; 

 hind margin edged with minute blackish crescents and with 

 a yellow line at the base of the cilia, which otherwise are 

 ashy-brown dusted with darker. Hind wings having the hind 

 margin slightly hollowed below the apex, otherwise rounded ; 

 very jiale grey-brown, with browner nervures and whitish 

 cilia. Female similar except that the antennas are naked or 

 only faintly ciliated, and the hind wings darker and more 

 glossy. 



Underside of all the wings extremely glossy ; fore wings 

 ashy-white ; reniform stigma, or else the whole costal region, 

 clouded with brownish ; nervures grey-brown ; hind wiugs 

 white, dusted with grey, and with reddish along the costa ; 

 nervures greyish-brown ; a faint brownish central spot, and 

 beyond it the commencement of a slender curved transverse 

 stripe. Hind margin in the female clouded with grey-brown ; 

 body and legs pale ashy-brown. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva. According to Treitschke it is of a uniform green 

 colour with paler lateral stripes. Feeding from the Autumn 

 to April on Taraxacum and Fragaria. It has not been 

 observed in these islands. 



Pupa undescribed. 



This species is one of the rarest of our most casual immi- 

 grants, and appears to have no claim to the title of a resident. 

 The first recorded British specimen is stated to have been 



