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faintly yellowisli dash in the middle ; towards the hind 

 margin an undulating line of faintly yellowish dashes ; and 

 at the hind margin a row of whitish dots ; cilia light brown, 

 shaded with darker. Female similar, but without the costal 

 fold, and rather more grey in colour. 



Underside pale golden brown, with a row of whitish dots 

 along the hind margins of all the wings; the fore wings 

 have a whitish costal spot before the apex, and usually a 

 faint transverse yellowish Kne before the hind margin. The 

 hind wings have an irregular row of whitish spots before 

 the hind margin, sometimes preceded by one or two central 

 similar dashes. Altogether, in obscurity of colour and 

 poverty of markings on the underside, this species bears a 

 great resemblance to a moth. Head, thorax, and abdomen, 

 blackish above, greyish-brown beneath. Antennje blackish, 

 faintly annulated with whitish, and with the inner side of 

 the strongly curved club yellowish. 



It varies in the ground colour of the fore wings fi-om 

 dark brown to ashy grey, the markings becoming in the 

 latter case much more distinct ; but occasionally it is found 

 wholly of a paler glossy golden brown, with the markings 

 very obscure. 



On the wing in May and .June, and, in a very few places 

 in the extreme south of England, a partial second emergence 

 takes place in August. 



Lakva three-quarters of an inch in length when full 

 grown — head large and broad, purplish black, with two 

 minute paler spots, the lobes also paler except in the middle ; 

 second segment much smaller ; body dull green (exactly of 

 the colour of the Lotus leaf), clearer on the sides ; dorsal strijie 

 distinctly darker green ; sub-dorsal lines faintly paler ; 

 spiracular lines similar ; spiracles yellow (F. W. Hawes). 

 When young the head is very prominent, of a dark purplish 

 brown, the second segment much smaller, especially just 

 behind the head ; bod}- plump, tapering a little to each end ; 



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