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Wings, upperside : black, often with a distinct greenish tint, especially in basal 



area. Forewing : a spot in apex of cell, one to three discal ones SC^— R^ about 



6 mm. from cell, spot SC°— R' the largest, a postdiscal series of dots parallel to 

 outer margin, upper two larger and more proximal, all these spots grey blue, post- 

 discal ones generally more white, the number of these spots variable, sometimes all 

 wanting, while in other e.xamples the postdiscal series is complete reaching to 8W, 

 occasionally there is also a discal dot W — M' marked ; outer margin with or 

 without bluish grey or greenish grey markings, which vary much ia size and 



distinctness. Hindwing : a series of postdiscal lunules from R'— (SM^), bluish 



grey, or glossy green, seldom with a russet tint, varying from being very distinctly 

 marked to being scarcely traceable ; white submarginal dots shaded at edges with 

 pale green, last two with pale blue ; admarginal interspaces greenish grey, more or 

 less distinct, sometimes vestigial only, interspaces SC-— R' mostly with a rufons bar. 



Underside : ground colour varying from greyish white to russet, often vinaceous, 

 mostly with an obvious silky gloss which assumes a greenish tint in certain lights ; 



bars of basal half black. Forewing : cell-bar 1 absent, 2 a heavy dot, 3 separated 



into two dots, 4 oblique, curved distad in middle, reaching M about midway between 

 M' and M^ ; snbmedian bar M^— (SM') about 1 mm. distal of base of M^, bar 

 M^— M- again 1 to 2 mm. more distal, but always proximal of base of M' ; mediau 

 bar M^ — SM- curved distad in middle, simdar in shape to cell-bar 4, mediau bar 

 M'— M- concave distally, or straight, J to 1 mm. more distal than bar M- — SW, 

 bar R^ — M' at right angles to R', again more distal, while bar R- — R' is | to 1 mm. 

 more proximal, median bar R' — R- not continuous with bars SC* — W ; discal bars 

 regularly concave, upper ones generally less distinct, posterior ones black, postdiscal 

 series parallel to discal one, last bars forming two black patches as a rule, the others 



are also patch-like, but are less black being generally russet, often vestigial. 



Hindwing : basal and subbasal jcostal bars as well as snbbasal bar C — SC^ absent ; 

 submedian and median costal bars a little more proximal than the respective bars 

 C — SC^, occasionally united at costal margin to a half-ring ; no bars beyond SM^ 

 except the median bar ; discal bars regularly concave, postdiscal ones parallel to 

 them, but seldom well marked, postdiscal interspaces accordingly halfmoon-shaped, 

 the greater distal portions rufous red, these red spots very variable in distinctness, 

 the discal bars externally with a greenish or yellowish grey, or yellowish olive buff 

 border, which is often vestigial only ; black submarginal bars C — R' transverse, 

 often indistinct, bordered proximally by the white submarginal dots, the following 

 ones appear as black dots to which are joined proximally blue and white spots ; admar- 

 ginal interspaces C — R' more or less conspicuously rufous red, edged at both sides 

 with thin, glossy, greyish white, lines, upper half of intersjjace R' — M' often of the 

 same colour, interspaces R' — SM^ yellowish olive bnff ; marginal black line thin ; 

 tails acute, upper one generally somewhat longer than the second. 



2  Bod'/ above olive black, more russet in front : underside of palj)i and breast 

 more or less cream colour, abdomen brownish black, or dark clay colour. 



Wings above : very variable in pattern, never so black as^in c?, brownish black 

 with a purplish tint, basal half of forewing and nearly the whole hindwing pale 



tawny olive in one form. Forewing : a series of discal and another of postdiscal 



interstitial spots paler than the ground colour, white, bntf, tawny olive, or blue, a 

 spot in apex of cell white or buff or pale blue ; the discal spots from R^ to internal 



margin and the cell-spot often forming a continuous, curved, band. Hindwing : 



with a white, pale blue, or buff band across disc, or without a band ; white sub- 



