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L'whrside of palpi and thorax wliito, somewhat ypllnwish, streaks nndernenth 

 lecfs hlack : aluloraen all white, or lilack with white markings ; anterior tibia Mack, 

 middle and hinder femora Maek with scattered white scales, rest of legs white, scales 

 often partly rnbbed away. 



^yinf|S, uppersidi' : purplish black, more or less extendedly greenish white, 

 slightly yellowish, in the pale form the black colonr reduced to some narrow bands 



and streaks. Forewing : costal and onter margin always black ; greenish white 



discal baud separated into two portions by a bla<-k streak of about 1^ mm. width, 

 which is situated behind R^ and is the distal portion of a black median band which 

 begins below the base of M- aud which is joined to the costal border of the wing 

 by means of a short disco-cellular band of the same width ; the posterior, larger 

 portion of the greenish white band is sometimes extended to the base, mostly, 

 however, the base is black beyond cell ; a series of eight to nine jjostdiscal, greenish 

 white, spots separated from the discal band by a continuous, more or less straight, 

 black band ; the series of spots is nearly parallel to the outer margin, the spots are 

 eitlier separated or more or less fused together; the first is small, spot (!SM') — SM- 



is seldom obsolete ; snbmarginal greenish white dots often marked. Hindwing : 



greenish white discal band sometimes occupying the basal three-fifths of the wing; 

 mostly the base of the wing is black ; this colonr extends as a broad stripe across 

 cell and runs along abdominal fold to disco-marginal black area, separating the 

 greenish white abdominal area from the discal band proper, the latter forming a 

 large triangle; within the black outer area there is a series of snbmarginal, greenish 

 white spots of variable size, often fused to a band ; spot IP — M- smaller than those 

 before it : spots M" — iSM- minute or only vestigial ; near proximal edge of black 

 area there is, at anal angle, a bine lunnle, another is vestigial before JI-; anal 

 admargiual spot narrow, yellow ; admarginal spots R^ — M- mostly marked, obliijue, 

 at veins with blue scaling which extends into tails, the other admarginal spots 

 vestigial at least in the pale form ; tails slightly pointed, the upper one as long as, 

 or longer than, the second. 



Underside very pale green, the edges of the pale green areas more or less 

 heavily silvery grey ; costal margin, except a streak at base, and outer margin, raw 

 umber-colour, the costal border suddenly narrower at apes of wing ; cell seldom 

 without black dots, there are generally two or three, one at the edge of the costal 

 border before middle of cell, the posterior one opposite base of M-; sometimes the 

 spots are fused to a bar, which, however, does not reach M; cell-bar reaching from 

 base of M" — SC near upper angle of cell, angle-shaped, mostly recurving basad 

 along costal border to upper cell-spot ; cell-bar continuous with snbmedian bar 

 M-— (SM') ; median bars (SM')— M' parallel to cell-bar ; bar R'— M' directed 

 distad, parallel with \V\ its distal end suddenly bent costad, the interspace between 

 these bars, vein R^ and bar D, of the same colour as costal border of wing ; median 

 bars R' — R' fused with bar D (or absent ?) ; median bars SC^ — R' situated along 

 costal border of wing ; discal bars nearly straight or somewhat luniform, forming 

 a continuous line which is jiosteriorly closer to outer margin than anteriorly ; nj)j)er 

 bar oblique, pointing distad with upper end ; this line of bars is the onter border 

 of a tawny olive, almost straight band, of 2 mm. width about, which joins the 

 costal border ; the postdiscal pale green spots as above, the two last ones in the 

 dark form vestigial, but here their outer edge indicated by two black dots repre- 

 senting the postdiscal bars. Hindwing: abdominal fold greenish white, slightly 



silvery grey ; a line of submediau bars from costal margin to (8J1') crossing C close 



