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KOCTUID.?:. 



lipjtcd with ochrcous ; tarsi with whitisli rinfjs ; abdomen palo 

 nitous, whitish at base. Foro wing rufous sutinsed with grevish 

 purpk' ; 8ubl)asal lino black defined by \)a\c rufous on outer aide, 

 angled outwards on subcostal and median ncrvures and with slight 

 oblicjue black streak beyond it across cell; a black-brown fascia above 

 inner margin l)ef(tre the anteniedial line ; a creamy-white fascia on 

 inner margin not cjuite reaching base; antemedial line indistinctly 

 double filled in with greyish, angled outwards below costa and 



Fig. 121. — Ehizofypc flammca, ^. \. 



strongly above inner margin, then strongly retracted ; claviform 

 very large, deep brown defined by black ; orbicular purplish grey 

 with slight whitish anuulus defined by black, rather oblique elliittical ; 

 reniform creamy white defined by black, its centre defined by 

 brown, strongly angled inwards on median nervure and with its 

 upper extremity produced ; an indistinct medial line angled ont- 

 wards on subcostal nervure and on vein 2, in submedian fold and 

 on vein 1 almost to postmedial line, the area beyond it before 

 postmedial line red-brown except at costa ; postmedial line slightly 

 defined by whitish on outer side, double towards costa, bent out- 

 wards below costa, oblique to vein 5 where it is angled outwards, 

 then incurved and slightly sinuous, with slight black and white 

 points beyond it on veins 5 to 1, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal lino whitish slightly defined by rufous suffusion 

 on inner side and by brown on outer, somewhat angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunules ; cilia red-brown, with a fine ochreous line at base. Hind 

 wing ochreous-white suffused with red-brown, the basal and costal 

 areas paler, tlie veins l>rown ; a fine waved dark terminal lino ; 

 cilia rufous, with a fine pale line at base ; the underside ochreous- 

 white, the costal area tinged with purjdish jjink and slightly 

 irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal s])ot and rather diffused 

 curved postmedial lino with minute dark streaks ar the veins. 



Hah. Britaix, Leech Coll. ; France, Zeller, Frey, and Leech 

 Colls.; Gkrmany; Austkia ; HrxGARY ; Switzeklaxd ; Spaix, 

 Leech Coll. ; Dalmatia. Erp. 44-51' millini. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. IL'8 ; liarrctt. Lcp. Brit. v. p. 47, pi. 100. f. 1. 



Greenish brown, with numerous waved dark brown or blackish 

 lines ; a dorsal series of dark brown diamond-shaped marks; sjiots 

 whitish ; head and thoracic shield dark brown. Food-plants : 

 Ranunculus, Lujustrum, Ash, &c. 12-5. 



