194 THE KENTISH GLORY. 



thorax and abdomen are likewise very pilose. The 

 male of E. versicolor measures about two inches 

 four lines across the wings, but the female some- 

 times exceeds three inches. In the former the 

 colour of the upper wings is rusty-red inclining to 

 grey, each of them with two transverse black bands, 

 the anterior one bordered internally with white, and 

 the other, which is angulated towards the inner 

 margin, bordered with the same colour on the outer 

 side. The space between these bands is irregularly 

 marked with white, and at the extremity of the 

 discoidal cell there is a black crescent with the 

 convexity turned towards the body. Towards the 

 hinder margin there is a series of unequal white 

 spots, the three upper ones largest and transparent, 

 and each nervure is marked with a white streak 

 which is a little dilated at the margin. The hinder 

 wings are tawny yellow, traversed by a waved dusky 

 line in the middle, and marked with a small crescent 

 and a few white spots posteriorly. The body and 

 base of the wings are very thickly covered with 

 long yellowish-brown hair ; the anterior part of the 

 thorax white. The antennae and tarsi are black. 

 The markings in the female are similar, but the 

 colour is much lighter, the under wings and abdomen 

 being almost entirely of a dull white. 



The caterpillar bears some resemblance to those 

 of certain Sphingida?, both in its form and attitudes. 

 It is somewhat attenuated in front, and has a py- ' 

 ramidal elevation on that part of the anal segment ' 

 which is occupied by a horn in the kinds just referred 



