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much angulated, one angle near the dorsal margin being 

 very long, black, edged inwardly with dusky-white ; second 

 line less oblique than usual, curved, undulating and distinct, 

 black, edged outwardly with white, rather sharply so in its 

 lower half ; subterminal line dusky-white, excessively waved 

 and indented ; orbicular and reniform stigmata rather small, 

 merely indicated by dusky-white margins, edged with black ; 

 claviform stigma long, black-edged ; on the costal margin 

 near the apex are three small white dots ; hind-marginal 

 region often clouded with whitish-brown, and even with 

 white toward the extreme margin, which is edged by a 

 scalloped black line ; cilia purplish-brown, with a paler line 

 along the base. Hind wings rather ample, shining pale 

 yellow or straw-colour, with the nervures glistening ; along 

 the hind margin is a broad smoky-brown border, suddenly 

 narrowed and invaded with white as it approaches the anal 

 angle ; where this narrowing takes place an undulating black 

 line, which edges the remainder of the extreme margin, sud- 

 denly ceases, and the cilia, which to this point are smoky- 

 grey mixed with yellow, become white — a curious and very 

 unusual circumstance. Female with threadlike antennie and 

 stouter body, but extremely similar. 



Underside of the fore wings dark smoky-brown ; reniform 

 stigma and dorsal margin dusky-yellow; hind wings pale 

 yellow, dusted along the costal region with smoky-brown ; 

 hind-marginal band as on the upper side. Body very glossy, 

 pale smoky-brown ; legs dark brown, barred with yellow ; 

 leg-tufts purplish-brown. 



Usually very little variable, except in the depth of the 

 yellow colour of the hind wings ; but in Ireland Mr. Kane 

 finds it more so, some examples being of a dark bistre-brown 

 with pale lines, the stigmata ferruginous, and the band of 

 the hind wings more than usually dark ; also others of brighter 

 colour, but with the nervures beyond the middle very pale. 

 In Dr. Mason's collection is a specimen with the fore wings 

 unicolorous dark leaden-brown, shaded with dull grey. 



