226 LEPIDOPTERA. 



brown, but open above and below ; the space between these 

 stigmata is very dark sienna-brown, and from its lower edge 

 a rippled similar central shade passes to the dorsal margin ; 

 nervures from the first line nearly white, but the spaces 

 between them in most cases clouded with pale sienna ; costal 

 margin doubly spotted with brown at each line to the 

 second, beyond this are four white costal dots ; hind mar- 

 ginal space very softly clouded with ochreous-brown ; cilia 

 white, with broad, regular, dark-brown dashes. Hind wings 

 rather small, brownish-white, whiter in the middle, where 

 also is a slender, much waved, brown transverse line ; 

 beyond this is a broad smoky-brown cloudy band, occupying 

 the whole hind marginal area, except near the anal angle, 

 where it is interrupted by white clouds ; cilia white. 

 Female quite similar, except that the abdomen is stouter, 

 and rather pointed. 



Underside of the fore wings pale smoky-brown, with the 

 costa narrowly, and the hind margin broadly and shai-ply, 

 whiter ; cilia white, dashed with dark brown. Hind wings 

 dusky white ; central spot small, lunate, smoky-brown, 

 followed by a slender, curved, yellowish-brown transverse 

 stripe, and this by a broader similar cloudy band, which does 

 not reach the hind margin, leaving the latter with its cilia 

 white. Legs light brown, barred with white ; leg tufts and 

 body whitish-brown. 



Only variable in the intensity of the rich brown markings 

 and clouding. We have very few more neat, or more ex- 

 quisitely beautiful species than this. 



On the wing at the end of June and in July. 



Lakva, Head considerably smaller than the second seg- 

 ment, and emits a few short hairs, wainscot-brown, sparingly 

 dotted with black ; body nearly uniformly cylindrical, but 

 tapering very slightly in front ; segmental divisions tolerably 

 conspicuous ; skin smooth and slightly glossy ; usual dots 

 rather indistinct. General colour pale yellowish-brown. 



