Male.  Wings  above  either  carmine  or  vermilion-red ;  anterior  wings  with  the  basal  costal  area
speckled  with  fuscous  and  greenish,  the  neuration  blackish,  the  apical  area  more  or  less  infuscated,  and
with  a  more  or  less  distinct  submarginal  series  of  obscure  blackish  s^^ots  placed  on  the  nervules ;  posterior
wings  with  the  neiu'ation  only  darkened  towards  outer  margin,  which  is  more  or  less  distinctly  fuscous.
Wings  beneath  paler  than  above ;  anterior  wings  with  the  costal  and  apical  areas  more  or  less  ochraceous,
and  with  some  obscure  submarginal  fuscous  spots ;  posterior  wings  paler  and  more  ochraceous  than  the
anterior,  the  abdominal  margin  distinctly  ochraceous, — in  some  specimens  with  a  more  or  less  obscure
discal  fuscous  fascia.  Body  above  fuscous,  beneath  greyish ;  thorax  beneath,  and  legs  more  or  less
ochraceous.
Female.  Darker  than  the  male  ;  anterior  wings  with  the  basal  area  infuscated,  the  costal  area  pale
fuscous ;  the  apex  and  outer  margin  broadly  dark  fuscous,  and  with  an  elongated  transverse  dai'k  fuscous
spot  reaching  from  end  of  cell  to  near  outer  margin  above  the  upper  median  nervule,  and  a  submarginal
dark  fuscous  spot  extending  between  the  second  and  third  median  nervules ;  posterior  wings  with  the  basal
area  infuscated,  the  outer  margin  broadly  dark  fuscous,  and  the  neuration  towards  the  outer  margin  also
infuscated.  Anterior  wings  beneath  reddish  ochraceous,  with  the  dark  markings  as  above,  but  paler  and
with  a  subapical  transverse  greyish  streak.  Posterior  wings  pale  reddish-grey,  with  the  outer  margin
fuscous,  tinged  with  ochraceous,  and  an  irregular  broad  fuscous  submarginal  fascia.
Exp.  wings,  S  and  S  ,  70  to  73  millim.
