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transverse spots, of whicli the posterior ones are covered at the veins with pale bhie 

 scaling, this scaling forming triangular markings, of which those at veins R' and 

 M' extend far into the tails ; anal admargiual spot brighter yellow ; abdominal fold 

 bnffish grey, hairs near fold olivaceons black, a whitish spot beyond tip of SM^, 

 often obsolete ; tails triangular, more pointed in i than in ? ; in J first 5J, 

 second 4 mm., in ? first 10, second 7 mm., but slightly variable in length. 



Underside from base to submcdian lines of bars white, silvery at bars, often 



with vinaceons tint. Forewing : middle bar of cell represented by one or two 



black dots, the posterior one often absent, sometimes separated into minute speckles; 

 upper cell-bar very oblique, straight, continuous with submedian bars, forming a 

 straight line that crosses M half-way between M' and M- ; disco-cellular bar thin 

 behind ; submedian bar (M" — SM') joining median bar at SM' ; median bars 

 R' — SM- also continuous, crossing R^ at or a little beyond angle of cell ; interspace 

 between the two lines of bars varying from cinnamon to dark olive-buff, the triangle 

 between bars D and median bar R- — R' partly silvery white ; median bar R' — R^ 

 variable in position, more distal in S than in ? , bar SO' — R' often absent ; discal 

 white band as above, Imt somewhat broader ; white spots at outside of median bars 

 SC'' — R- variable, often absent ; a discal patch between R- and M' chocolate, tawny, 

 greenish cinnamon, or hazel, not always present ; discal bars thin, arched, except 

 tlie upper three, which are mostly not well marked : postdiscal and snbmarginal 

 bars strongly curved, fused at the ends, forming the edge of white half-moons, 

 except bars St'° — -R', which form nearly a ring ; marginal area varying in shade of 

 colonr from chestnut-drab to dark olive-bufl', deepest in tint at edge of wing, of 

 nearly even width from SC^ to M- ; ground colonr between this darker marginal area 

 and black discal hmules and anteriorly down to cell more or less silvery white, 

 sometimes vinaceons white, the white colour occasionally restricted to white patches 

 standing at the distal side of the snbmarginal black Innnles ; internal angle with 



a black patch. Hindwing : submedian bars continuous, forming a straight, oi 



slightly concave, line that stops at M or crosses it at origin of M- ; median bars 

 also arranged in an almost straight line, slightly broken at the veins, j)arallel to the 

 first, extending beyond M-, then interrupted, the last median bar at right angles to 

 SM', touching (or almost) the last discal luniform bar : interspace between the two 

 lines as on forewing : white discal band longer than above, posteriorly mostly 

 broader ; discal bars all arched, as in pi/rrhus, followed by red half-moons, from 

 which they are separated by white resp. bluish white lunules, upper one and last 

 three red half-moons bordered with black externally, often also the fourth, the second 

 and third with white ; snbmarginal interspace SC' — R' more or less extended white ; 

 dark greenish olive snbmarginal bars, at the proximal side of which there are ill- 

 defined white sjiots which are mostly fused to a narrow white band ; admargiual 

 interspaces occupied by yellow transverse spots, which are separated from sub- 

 marginal spots by thin white lines : pale blue scaling at the veins near tips, this 

 scaling extending into tails, marginal line dark greenish olive ; in specimens which 

 Were killed soon after emergence from chrysalis marginal line and snbmarginal 

 spots dark plumbeous. 



Tenth abdominal tergite of 3 triangular with the sides rounded, tip simple, 

 rather acute. 



For larva, pupa, and habits see E. schreiber wardi. The imago is fond of 

 sweet bananas, which can successfully be used as baits (see schreiber mdlaijicus). 

 Jlab. South India, Assam, Burma to Java and Borneo. It is not a common 



