122 LEPIDOPTERA. 



margin long, oblique and much rounded ; dorsal margin 

 slightly curved and having in the middle a small triangular 

 black prominent tuft ; grey, much dusted with pale yellowish ; 

 first line very faint, perpendicular, indented throughout, 

 darker grey, edged inside with yellowish ; second line oblique, 

 but bending back to the costa, indented throughout, dark 

 grey edged outwardly with yellowish ; outside this is a 

 straight row of about four obscure yellowish clouds toward 

 the apex of the wing, and a row of dark grey cloudy dots, 

 followed by. a faintly yellowish line near the hind margin ; 

 the discal streak is short, black, enclosed in a large yellowish 

 lunule. All these markings are most obscure, the effect 

 being merely a mottled-grey. Hind marginal line black ; 

 cilia grey dashed with black. Hind wings pale grey or 

 whitish-grey ; nervures faintly darker ; in the middle is a 

 slight transverse whitish stripe followed by a darker shade of 

 grey ; at the anal angle is a darker grey cloud containing two 

 or three black dots ; cilia whitish dashed with grey, and 

 having a dark grey line at the base. Female with rather 

 shorter antenna?, which are slightly dentated ; fore wings 

 rather broader ; hind wings darker ; otherwise similar. 



Underside of the male pale smoky-brown with browner 

 costa and a faint smoky band crossing all the wings ; cilia of 

 the fore wings whitish, distinctly spotted with black ; in the 

 centre of the hind wings is a dusky lunule ; body and legs 

 light brown. Of the female dark grey, with a whitish trans- 

 verse stripe, "and blackish lunules on all the wings. 



On the wing in May and June, and, in a second generation, 

 in August. 



Larva grey, pale or dark, mixed with yellow and lilac; 

 head grey dotted with darker ; on the fifth and sixth 

 segments are dorsal, broad, elevated prominences, and on the 

 eleventh a yellow-spotted conical hump. From the head to 

 the sixth segment is a blackish dorsal stripe edged with 

 white ; spiracular line white ; sjairacles black bordered with 

 white ; under surface dark grey with lateral white dots. So 



