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bar D and heavy median bar R* — R' fused togetlier, with orange rufous spots 

 SC " — R' at outside, these spots fused together, seldom separated, spot R^ — R' 

 smaller than the other two, sometimes minute ; black submedial-discal area 

 nearly the same as in hicretius, narrower and better defined behind, with two 

 discal spots SC* — R- of variable size, sometimes also with traces of thin discal 

 lunules R^ — M' ; postdiscal band of bright orange rufous spots more oblique than 

 in lucretius, patches R^ — M- generally with a black incision or a black line 

 anteriorly, representing the discal bars, admarginal spots smaller than in laavtiiis, 

 mostly somewhat separate from edge of wing, patch M^ — SM^ externally nearly 

 always incised upon (SM'), and proximally produced into a short line upon (SM'), 



as in boueti. Hindwiug : disco-jiostdiscal band somewhat widened basad in and 



beyond cell to near base of JI- ; admarginal rnfiius orange baud as in houeti, 

 the black postdisco-submarginal band distally somewhat produced at veins and 

 interncrvular folds, hence the admarginal interspaces not regularly convex between 

 veins as in lucretius ; marginal black line thin as in houeti ; of the submarginal 

 blue and white dots only the last two are marked. 



Underside vinaeeous hazel, median and disoal interspaces of forewing and 

 submarginal area of hindwiug with a rather slight whitish pink gloss in side-light) 



bars bright cinnamon rufous, heavy. Forewing : basal third of costal margin 



white ; cell and discal inters])aces somewhat clayish, basal cell-spot present, cell- 

 bar 4 strongly curved twice, its upper end pointing distad ; subinedian and median 

 bars M- — M- very heavy, patch-like, generally joined together at (SM'), black, some 

 bluish white scaling between them, submedian bar M' — M- proximal of M', median 

 bar M' — M- 5 mm. from base of M', both bars black behind, no submedian bar 

 R^ — M', median bar R^ — M' sometimes feeble, slightly curved distad, 1 or li mm. 

 more distal than median bar M' — M-, bar R- —R^ touching bar D behind, median 

 bars SC — R^ in the usual place, each angle- or halfmoon-shaped ; discal bars 

 Inniform, obscurely marked, edged externally with pale greenish bnff lunules, 

 bars R' — M- separated from median bars ; outside median bars a pale pinkish 

 buff patch, from M^ to internal margin, much widened behind ; postdiscal bars 

 represented by spots, of which spots M' — SM- are black, spots M- — SM' 

 large, fused together, with three more or less separate bluish white spots 

 outwardly, the other postdiscal spots indistinct, also with some pale submarginal 

 scaling distally, which is more distinct between 8C^ and SC^ ; posterior orange 



admarginal spots rather obvious. Hindwiug : costal margin of wing edged with 



orange rufous, basal costal bar long, curving distad, snbbasal bars C — M continuous, 

 but bar M — (SM') more basal and almost longitudinal ; submedian line of bars 

 slightly irregular, crossing M just at the base of M- , median bars continuous, 

 forming an almost straight line which is outwardly bordered with a thin black line 

 which crosses M proximally of base of M' ; discal interspaces occupied by con- 

 tinuous silvery white band, IJ to 2A mm. broad, variable in width individually and 

 geographically, extending to abdominal margin, bordered distally by the discal bars, 

 of which the upper ones are arched; all discal bars bordered outwardly with pale 

 olivaceous buff; postdiscal bars chestnut tawny, arched, generally rather dilated 

 basad between veins, ill-defined proximally, better so distally ; white submarginal 

 dots vestigial, with pinkish buff transverse spots at outside, last two dots more 

 obvious, with the black submarginal dots present ; anal admarginal spot olive butt' ; 

 edge of wing a little less sharply dentate than in lucretius ; tails triangular, pointed, 

 upper oue 4 to o mm. long, second 3 to 4 mm. 



