It is the lightest colour
of rotten apple. The only thing I ever have seen in nature exactly
similar was the palest shade of `mother' found in barrels of vinegar.
A very light liver colour comes close it. On the extreme tip is a
velvety oval, half black and half pale pink.
The back wings are the merest trifle stronger in this yellow-brown
colour, and with the exception of the brown rift are the same in
marking, only that all colour, similar to the brown, is a shade
deeper.
The `piece de resistance' of the back wing, is the eyespot.
The transparent oval is a little smaller. The canary band is
wider, and of stronger colour. The black band around the lower
half is yet wider, and of long velvety hairs. It extends in an
oval above the transparent spot fully half an inch, then shades
through peacock blue, and grey to the hairlike black line
enclosing the spot.
The under sides of the wings are pure tan, clouded and lined with
shades of rich brown. The transparent spots are outlined with
canary, and show a faint line drawn across the middle the long way.
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