CLIFDEN BEAUTY. 25? 



waved streaks of pearl white or leaden colour ; a 

 large dark-brown three-cornered patch on the an- 

 terior edge near the tip ; and the whole of the 

 hinder margin tinged with dusky-brown and varie- 

 gated with faint waved lines of white or lead 

 colour ; this dusky border bounded internally by a 

 pretty distinct geminated undulating brown line. 

 Hinder wings likewise dusky on the hinder margin, 

 that colour more or less interrupted with white, 

 and bounded internally by a faint waved brown 

 streak. Head, thorax, and base of the abdomen 

 pitch-brown, the rest of the abdomen whitish. 



The caterpillar is green, with a series of brown 

 crescent-shaped spots on the back, and a streak of 

 that colour on the sides of the first and last seg- 

 ments. It fe'eds on the raspberry and probably 

 other species of Rubi. The moth, which is prized 

 by collectors on account of the delicacy of its mark- 

 ings, is very scarce ; but has been found neai 1 

 London, at Reading, in Kent, at Tunbridge Wells, 

 and a few other places. The present genus differs 

 from Melanippe chiefly in the proportions of the 

 joints of the palpi, the two first joints both robust, the 

 radical one especially, the terminal joint minute and 

 ovate ; the whole organ very short, and not visible 

 from above. The proboscis is long, the forehead 

 prominent. The wings entire and rounded, but not 

 so broad as in Melanippe. As at present const*, 

 tuted, the genus contains five British species. 



