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anal region, one exterior near the marginal notch, one at the base of the 

 tail, both of them very faint. Underside : both wings ochraceous-brown 

 becoming pure yellow towards base with the spots and bands of a 

 deeper colour bordered throughout with a delicate, yellow line. Fore 

 wing : bearing an oblong spot near the base, and three, broad, transverse 

 bands ; the first, at a small distance from the base, abruptly 

 terminated at the costal vein ; the next, postdiscal, extending 

 across the whole wing, thinning downwards and tending slightly 

 towards the outer angle, with an irregularly-waved, posterior margin : the 

 third, somewhat narrower, submarginal, also extends right across the wing. 

 Hind wing : an oval spot near base near the costa ; then a broad 

 irregularly-interrupted, subbasal, arched band, composed of, near the costa, 

 subconfluent marks, on the disc and near the inner angle of several succes- 

 sive pairs of distinct, oval spots ; postniedially : a series of brown arcs 

 margined with yellow forming a curved band right across the wing, being 

 simple near the exterior margin but consisting of a double series of parallel, 

 darker coloured arcs as they approach the inner margin ; beyond this a de- 

 licate, brown, submarginal thread, flexuose across the entire wing ; forming 

 the inner boundary of a marginal series of oblong spots containing, in 

 the anal regio'j, two deep-black ocelli, one on each side of the tail, an 

 oblong similar spot on the lobe ; all these black spots adorned, each, at the 

 internal edge, by a delicate, powdered greenish-silvery streak. Body 

 black above, white-downy beneath. Antennee black with a ferruginous tiji, 

 sprinkled snow-white underneath to base of club. Tail uniformly deep 

 cream coloured. Female. Upperside : both wings olive-brown, in some 

 lights glossy metallic-brown. Hind wing : with the anal area and the tail 

 white ; a large, black spot at the outer base of tail and a black-speckled 

 spot at the anal lobe. Underside : both wings white, marked as in the 

 male. Expanse : male : 35-40mm ; female : 80-40mm. 



Egg. — Drnne-shaped, broadest just above the base. Surface shining ; 

 covered with thick-walled cells which are 4-and o-sided, the lirst two rows 

 above the base more or less regular— -oblong with their greatest length along 

 the meridians ; the intersections of the walls are thickened and slightly 

 prominent ; all the cells are more or less irregular-shaped and diminish in 

 size upwards ; there are about three rows of large cells from just above the 

 base upwards ; then, further up, they get small, the walls get thin and 

 only the intersections are prominent : little, white lumps ; the centre or 

 apex is occupied by an annular depression immediately around which the 

 cells are minute. Colour: blue-green; the cell-walls and lumps all white. 

 B : 0.9mm ; H : O.Gmm. 



Larva. — Is in shape, etc.. nearly exactly like that of V. isocrates to look at 

 except that the white mark on segments 7, 8 is here cream-colour. Head 

 shining, round, red-brown in colour, the eye-batch black. Segment 2 is 

 semicircular in outline, the central, dorsal depression shining with a large 

 black spot at each lateral angle ; the arrangement of the last three segments 

 12-14 is the same as in V. isocrates. Surface very shining, covered closely 

 with minute, erect bristles ; these bristles longest on the sides and front 

 margins of segments 2, 3 on the dorsoventral margins and round the edges 

 of the "shovel"; gland on segment 12 inconspicuous, transverse, mouth- 

 shaped. Spiracles : black, oval, situated in depressions, raised, conspicuous. 

 Colour of body very dark purple-brown ;segments 2, 3 orange, except that 

 3 has a lateral patch of body-colour and a dorsal line of the same, segments 

 7, 8 creamy-white with a small, dorsal and lateral patch of body-colour ; 

 ventrum orange. L : 20 mm ; B : G mm ; H : 5 mm. 



