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d. Wings ahoce black, slightly bluish, nearly the basal half of forewiiig and 



basal two-thirds of liiiidwing pale blue, purplish iu side-light. Forewiug ; outer 



edge of blue area obliiiue, the area extending to near apex of cell or a little beyond ; 

 black outer area 4 to 8 mm. wide at SM^ a white spot SC*— SC 6 to mm. from 

 apex of wing, oblique, 3 to 5 mm. wide anteriorly, often shaded with blue at edges, 

 a smaller white and blue spot behind it, followed by one or more tiny blue dots ; 



faint pale blue marginal dots ; fringe white, except at ends of veins. Hindwing : 



blue area limited in front by SC^ except in basal third of wing where it extends 

 to (', one or two bine patches before SC!^ posteriorly the area stops at (SM'), outer 

 border convex ; black outer area 7 to 13 mm. wide at SC', narrowing behind, 

 4 to 6 mm. broad at M' ; a series of pale blue submarginal dots, upper one often 

 obsolete ; admarginal pale blue spots transverse, mostly incised between veins, 

 creamy at veins, npper ones obsolete ; abdominal fold olive grey, the scales within 

 the fold bluish ; fringe white, black at tips of veins. 



Underside varying from pale fawn colour to purplish seal brown, outer 



marginal region paler than rest of wings. Forewing : white or bluish white 



borders of bars prominent ; cell-bars almost straight ; bar D faint ; two submediau 

 bars M' — (SM-) slightly varying in i)osition, bar M' — IP proximal of base of M' ; 

 median bars R^— SM- in an oblique row, corresponding to the outer edge of the 

 blue area of the upperside, almost continuous, each bar more or less concave, 

 bar (SM')— SM^ often vestigial, sometimes reaching discal bar M" — SM", median 

 bar R^ — R^ close to apex of cell, bar R' — R^ in front of it, but seldom clearly 

 marked ; ground colour outside the median bars rather paler than rest of disc, 

 the pale band-like area corresponding to the white baud of the ? ; black discal 

 bars M^ — SM^ fused to one thin lunule, the other discal bars also luniform, but 

 small, gradually disappearing towards costal margin, each followed by a yellow 

 lunule of larger size, the upper two, however, white as above, shaded with 

 ochraceous at edges, the uppermost one not quite so large as on upperside, the 

 yellow spots R' — M' small, the series about parallel to outer margin of wing, 

 except uppermost spot, which is more proximal than the others, distance of series 

 from Mjargin about 7 to 9 mm. ; of the postdiscal bars at the outside of the yellow 

 spots only the last three are well marked, being represented by black triangular 

 patches outwardly bordered with pale blue, this blue border resembles the number 3 



between M^ and SM". Hindwing : bars very much thinner than on forewing, 



the thin white borders, especially of the median and discal series, more prominent 

 than the black bars, these being partly obsolete ; basal costal bar curved, pointing 

 with np|ier end towards the bent of PC, seldom absent (in one of Felder's two 

 specimens) ; subbasal bars C — M nearly continuous ; costal submediau bar variable 

 in position, often in front of subbasal bar C — SC^, submediau bars C — M about 

 2 mm. from subbasal ones, entering cell at or beyond base of R' ; bar D very 

 thin, without white edge ; series of median bars very irregular, bars SC' — R' 

 and R^ — R^ much more basal than the others, bars M- — SM^ feeble, at M- about 

 4 mm. from discal bar ; all the discal bars luniform, their white borders alone 

 present in some specimens, except bar M'— SM'^, which is always well marked, 

 the series regular, bar C — SC^ only more basal than the others, the white bt)rders 

 contiguous with wax yellow, more or less distinct, spots which are distally bordered 

 by vestiges of the postdiscal bars, postdiscal bar M" — SM- prominent, parallel 

 to discal one ; a series of small submarginal white-blue-black dots, sometimes 

 nearly all obsolete ; admarginal luuules wax yellow, huffish at veins, upper ones 



