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greater portion of Europe, as well as in Siberia, Armenia, and 

 Asia Minor. 



3. C. Elpenor, L. Expanse 2\ to 2f inches. 



Fore wings olive-brown striped with pink ; hind wings 

 pink with the base black. 



Antennae with the shaft pink shading into white towards 

 the tip ; pectinations, in the male, light brown. Head olive- 

 brown with a pink stripe on each side from the base of the 

 antennae down the palpi. Thorax broad and robust, olive- 

 brown, with a white stripe passing above the bases of the 

 wings, a pink stripe above it over each shoulder, and the 

 central portion of the back having a broad divided stripe, 

 gradually widening to the hinder edge of the thorax, where 

 the two halves coalesce, so as to form a broad pink triangle 

 with its base towards the abdomen. Abdomen stout, tapering 

 very smoothly, and then suddenly more rounded towards the 

 apex ; olive-brown, with the sides, the terminal segment, and 

 a stripe down the middle of the back, pink. 



Fore wings moderately long, pointed ; costa rather straight 

 except towards the apex, where it is gently rounded ; hind 

 margin sharply defined, straight below the apex but rounded 

 below the middle ; dorsal margin nearly straight ; anal 

 angle not protuberant. Hind wings short, very bluntly 

 pointed; hind margin faintly undulating, with a slightly 

 projecting anal angle. Fore wings rich bright olive-brown, 

 with a purple-pink oblique stripe from near the base of the 

 dorsal margin, tapering off to a point beyond the middle of 

 the wing; a second stripe, rather more purple, running 

 parallel from the middle of the dorsal margin straight to 

 the apex ; and a broader purple-pink stripe occupying 

 the whole of the hind margin . Dorsal margin white, with 

 a large tuft of long white scales near the base, at which is 

 a black spot ; cilia deep pink. Hind wings with the basal 

 half black, and the remainder purplish-pink ; cilia white. 

 Sexes alike. 



Underside of all the wings olive-green towards the costa, 



