NEMEOBIUS LUCINA. 207 



The stout, rounded pupa (Fig. 241) which is attached 

 by the anal extremity to the food-plant, and girt, is very 

 pale brown in colour, covered with numerous black spots, 

 and having a dark streak on the costal margin of the 

 wing-cases. The whole body is covered with rather long 

 brown hairs. 



The costal margin of the fore-wings of the imago 

 (Figs. 242 and 243) is nearly straight, and the hind- 

 margin slightly convex. The hind-margin of the hind- 

 wirigs is scalloped, but not deeply, while the anal angle 

 has an indication of a protuberance. The fringe is white, 

 with brown spots at the ends of the nervures ; the body 

 is black. The dark brown ground-colour of the upper 

 surface (Fig. 243) is relieved on the fore-wings by three 

 irregular bands of orange spots, the marginal ones being 

 black-centred. On the hind-wings the marginal baqd is 

 continued, and has large black centres ; but between this 

 band and the base of the wings are only a few orange 

 spots. The ground-colour of the under-surface (Fig. 242) 

 is much lighter. The marginal band is repeated on all 

 the wings, but does not show up so distinctly. The 

 markings on the rest of the fore-wings resemble those 

 on the upper surface ; on the hind-wings, however, 

 between the marginal band and the base, are two bands 

 of large and clear dark-edged white spots. Owing to the 

 presence of these spots and the richer ground-colour, the 

 under-surface is much more beautiful than the upper. 



