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and dusky brown beyond, the anal angle. Posterior wings : the 

 posterior half fuscous, with a yellowish tinge, the apical half rich 

 yellow speckled with fuscous. Marginal scales at the anal angle 

 fuscous, yellow at the apex. Cilia shining, the tips fuscous at the 

 apex, pale grey at the anal angle, the remainder yellow. Abdomen 

 fuscous, with the apex rich yellow. 



This beautiful species varies considerably in size and colour. 

 In some instances the ground-colour of the anterior wings is 

 dark fuscous inclining to umber, and the markings of a velvety 

 appearance; these constitute the var. L.fuscana of Linn., Fabr., 

 Haw., Steph. 



The imago appears not very commonly in June and July. 



The pupa is 5^ lines long, fuscous beneath, and chestnut- 

 brown on the dorsal region and towards the head. 



The larva feeds on the Oak, Bramble, Raspberry, Apricot, 

 Rose, &c. When full-grown it is 10 lines in length, of a grass- 

 green colour, with a darker dorsal vessel. Head rugose, shining, 

 chestnut-brown. Shield greenish white at its anterior margin, 

 merging suddenly into brown, and then into black at the base. 

 The spots on the body are jet black and shining. The anal 

 segment is rugose, pale green, and with a few small dark punc- 

 tures on the surface. 



8. Roborana, Hiib. Alls anticis fuscis ; basi macula margine dor- 

 sali, altera magna angulata pone medium, striga costali postica 

 brunneis fuliginosis; posticis griseo-fuscis, ad apicem flavicantibus. 

 rf Exp. al. 10-11 lin. 



Head and face dull, pale fuscous. Eyes slightly shining, intense 

 purplish brown. Palpi as long as the head, pale fuscous above and 

 at sides, paler beneath and between. Antennas pale fuscous above 

 and beneath ; the basal joint beneath clothed with dull drab shining 

 scales. Thorax and patagia pale fuscous. Anterior wings with a 

 satiny appearance, pale fuscous, with a pale violet tinge ; at the 

 base of the dorsal margin is a rich brown curved patch, truncate at 

 its apex, followed by another in the middle of the wing, of similar 

 colour, shaped somewhat like a vase, reaching the dorsal margin, but 

 not extending to the costa ; towards the apex, on the costa, com- 

 mences a curved wedge-shaped streak, broad at its origin, and termi- 

 nating in a point on the margin above the anal angle ; on the apical 

 margin is an obscure brown or blackish irregular streak ; the edges 

 of the wedge-shaped streak, of the basal patch, and the anterior edge 

 of the central mark are bordered with shining drab scales. Apical 

 scales and cilia dull, pale fuscous, the latter slightly paler. Poste- 

 rior wings fuscous. Marginal scales paler fuscous, with drab bases. 

 Cilia drab. Abdomen and caudal tuft fuscous. $ Exp. al. 10-12 



