400 LEPIDOPTERA. 



nearly all the costal margin ; in it is the faintly visible 

 orbicular stigma, indicated by a paler edging, and the more 

 conspicuous reniform stigma, as an ovate yellow spot edged 

 with purple-black ; the claviform stigma lies closely along 

 the apex of this triangular blotch as an ovate black streak 

 outside which is a white cloud ; subterminal line indicated 

 by an irregular series of faintly red clouds edging a paler 

 shade ; outside this is a pair of blue-grey clouds near the 

 middle of the hind margin, often lying in an obscure 

 chocolate blotch ; a larger, rather triangular, purple-brown 

 blotch lies near the anal angle, and both are edged with 

 minute black streaks or lunules ; beyond this the hind 

 margin is edged with smoky-black streaks ; cilia pale brown, 

 regularly dashed with blue-grey. Hind wings rather large ; 

 hind margin sinuous, brownish-white tinged with smoky- 

 brown toward the hind margin ; nervures rather darker ; 

 cilia white, divided and intersected with brown. Female 

 quite similar, except that the hind wings are a little paler 

 and the body slightly more pointed, with a small anal tuft. 



Underside of the fore wings pale smoky-brown, dusted 

 along the costa and hind margin with paler ; nervures 

 beyond the middle edged with white. Hind wings yellowish- 

 white ; costal region broadly dusted with brown ; apical 

 portion clouded with purplish-brown ; central lunule dusky- 

 black ; beyond it is a faint, slender, transverse line followed 

 by a more complete blackish-brown stripe. Body very pale 

 purple-brown ; legs black-brown ; leg tufts white. 



Usually not very variable, but in a remarkably fine series 

 reared by Mr. F. J. Haubury are specimens having the 

 ground colour pale slate-grey, dark slate, and smoky slate, 

 with intermediates and more normal specimens; one of the 

 ordinary colouring has the orbicular stigma and a blotch 

 near the hind margin rich orange-yellow. 



On the wing from the end of June to the beginning of 

 August. 



