THE HEDGE BROWN 
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of dusky blotches, and a spiracular and lateral band of 
similar markings. 
The pupa is attached to the pad of silk, spun on a grass stem, 
by the larval skin with the pronged tipped hairs, which are 
anchored to the silk and serve the purpose of cremastra] 
hooks. 
The pupal state occupies about twenty-two days. 
Imago. The 
average expanse 
of the wings in the 
male is 40 mm. ; 
in the female, 
47 mm. The sex¬ 
ual difference is 
very marked. 
Male . — The 
ground colour is 
a rich fulvous; 
the fore wing is 
broadly margined 
with fuscous- 
brown along the 
costal and outer 
margins ; the base 
is clouded with 
brown; a dark 
brown oblique me¬ 
dian cloud en¬ 
closing a patch of 
black androconial The Hedge Brown at rest. Sketched from life. 
scales. Near the 
apex is a large bi-pupilled black spot. The hind wing is 
fuscous-brown, with a central fulvous blotch ; the base is 
fulvous-brown, and there is a white-pupilled black spot near 
the anal angle. The outer margin is scalloped, the fringes 
being greyish-buff. The under side of the fore wing is similar 
to the upper side, but is without the central cloud. The 
hind wing is fulvous over the basal half, with an irregular, 
deeply-indented edge crossing the wing, then a broad, ill- 
defined light ochreous band occupying most of the outer half 
