i8 LEPIDOPTERA. 



red-brown forms ; sometimes also having a faint yellowish 

 transverse central shade ; cilia yellow, in some cases blotched 

 with dark brown. Female very different ; antennse short, 

 with minute regular pectinations ; fore wings much larger, and 

 with the hind margin more curved ; pale or dark reddish- 

 brown, with the lines, in some cases, rendered conspicuous 

 by a broad edging of pale yellow, in others hardly visible ; 

 cilia in some specimens unicolorous brown, in others alter- 

 nately blotched with brown and yellow. Hind wings red- 

 brown, without markings ; abdomen rather long, stout, and 

 clumsy. 



Underside of the paler males light brown, often with a 

 yellowish central cloudy stripe, and the hind margin and 

 apex spotted with yellowish ; hind wings pale yellow, with a 

 light brown central stripe, and some clouding towards the 

 hind margin ; in dark males, and in females, unicolorous 

 reddish-brown or pale brown, or in some instances with a 

 yellowish central shade ; body and legs agreeing in colour 

 with the rest of the under surface. 



Variation, as already indicated, almost universal. Some 

 of the males, with pale fore wings, have upon them very 

 pretty shadings of brown, others are absolutely devoid of 

 any lines or markings whatever ; and some of the dark 

 forms are similarly unicolorous. Mr. S. Stephens has a male 

 specimen of which the fore wings are olive-brown, without 

 transverse lines ; Mr. 0. A. Briggs has one of a smoky- brown, 

 the hind wings especially so ; and in the cabinet of the late 

 Mr. F. Bond are females clouded with yellow, and with the 

 central band constricted. 



On the wing in July and August ; reared specimens emerge 

 occasionally in September. 



Lakva cylindrical, moderately plump, covered with soft 

 downy hairs, among which arise longer tufts of hairs from the 

 usual structural spots. Head round, hairy, bluish-grey ; second 

 segment with 9, beautiful border of orange- coloured markings 



