112 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Fore wings somewhat ovate, with the costal margin straight 

 to near the apex, where it curves, and takes a bold sweep 

 round the tip, the hind margin, and the anal angle ; dorsal 

 margin also rather rounded, and furnished in the middle 

 with a large projecting tooth of purple-black scales. General 

 colour light fawn ; middle portion of the costa to the median 

 nervure white or hoary ; at the base of the wing is a 

 yellowish spot faintly bounded by a reddish line ; first line 

 perpendicular, purple-brown, but only visible from the costa 

 to the median nervure ; at the end of the discal cell is a long 

 thick black streak or lunule, the apex of which unites with a 

 cloudy deep black edging which runs along the costa to the 

 apex, and also with several black lines along nervures. 

 From this discal streak or lunule the whole outer portion of 

 the wing is clouded with purple-grey interrupted with 

 ripples or clouds of the ground colour, forming a large oval 

 blotch like a pebble, in which the nervures are black and the 

 portion in the hollow of the discal streak is dark grey, while 

 a delicate line of pale crescents seems to indicate the normal 

 second line ; near the hind margin is a similarly formed 

 pale line passing through reddish clouds ; a thick black line 

 from the costa passes round the apex and hind margin to 

 the dorsal margin, along which, with interruptions, and 

 a change to red-brown, it reaches the base of the wing ; out- 

 side this the cilia, pale brown dashed with dark brown, are 

 continued round the apex on to the costal margin; on the hind 

 margin they are slightly scalloped and tipped with white. 

 Hind wings white tinged with pale greyish-brown, paler at 

 the base ; nervures rather browner, as is a large cloudy 

 central lunule ; hind margin edged with black-brown, from 

 which, at the anal angle, extends a light purple-brown cloud ; 

 often a whitish cloud lies across the middle of the wing ; cilia 

 pale brown dusted with darker and becoming very dark 

 at the anal angle. 



Female with the antenna? only dentate ; slightly larger 

 and rather stouter, hind wings browner ; otherwise similar. 



