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blackish brown, halfmoon-shaped, bars, the series somewhat biconcave, bar SC — R* 

 6 to 7 mm. from enter margin, being the most proximal ; j)ostdiscal bars broader, 

 but less well-defined, tawny, liar C — SC- absent or merged together with the discul 

 one, the next two transverse, the following ones more halfmoon-shaped, often 

 very faint, joined at the veins to the snbmarginal bars ; the latter deeper in tint, 

 often lilackish npon the internervnlar folds, especially last tliree or fonr, posterior 

 ones mostly with minnte, bnt obvious, white dots at proximal side ; npper post- 

 discal, snbmarginal, and admarginal interspaces sometimes obsolete, the brown 

 scaling then forming a disco-marginal band ; anal admarginal interspace greyish 

 olive buff; basal half or two-thirds of abdominal fold creamy bnif, cellule C — SC^ 

 often the same colour from base to discal bar ; median bars sometimes faintly 

 vestigial. 



Underside varying from ochreons to chestnut tawny, sparsely or more densely 



shaded with black speckles ; veins greenish. -Forewing : costal margin generally 



white at or near base, this character individually variable ; cell-bar 3 indicated by 

 two dots in many specimens, cell-bar 4 often vestigial, not rarely with white 

 proximal border, forming together with bar D and the snbmedian and median bars 

 M' — (SJP) a band of 2 mm. width filled up with blackish scales, this band often 

 scarcely traceable ; median bar SC^ — R' about 4 mm. from cell, mostly absent, 

 with a space at ontside which bears fewer black speckles ; discal bars represented 

 by tiny black dots, the middle ones of which are often absent, the dots sometimes 

 with white outer borders ; some glossy grey scaling in marginal area, especially at 



apex. Hindwing : a white dot before base of C, another at base of abdominal 



margin ; no basal and snbbasal bars ; snbmedian and median bars forming a band 

 as on forewing, the band bordered white proximally, slightly concave distally, 

 crossing M- 2 mm. from its base, then turning distad, sharply hooked at (SM'), 

 portion (SM') — SM' standing at an acute angle to the main part of the band, 

 the band often more or less obsolete, especially the proximal (submediau) part, 

 sometimes reduced to some vestigials in the middle of wing ; bar D in the band ; 

 discal bars represented by tiny spots, posterior ones arched, with thin white distal 

 V)orders ; postdiscal bars seldom vestigial ; snbmarginal bars small, upper ones 

 often obsolete, or mere dots, posterior ones transverse, with white dots at proximal 

 side, sometimes obsolete ; wing rather glossy, a large discal patch between R- and 

 M^ without gloss ; outer margin ronnded in front, concave between R' and M-, 

 angled or toothed at R', produced into a spathulate tail at M^ ; anal angle very 

 obtuse. 



?. Wings above paler than in most 6i, basal area whitish in Madagascar 

 race, discal bars resp. patches of both wings more proximal than in S, more deeply 



concave. Forewing: outer margin sharply angled at 8C* ; median bars SC^'^ — R- 



smaller than in (J, occasionally absent; discal bars often all isolated, sometimes 

 reduced to dots, posterior ones not always marked, upper three often joined at 

 veins to the postdisco-marginal band, which is anteriorly obviously broader than 



posteriorly. Hindwing : discal bar SC- — R' 7 to 9 mm. from outer margin, the 



discal bars brownish black, often thin and separated. 



Underside as in 6 , but paler ; two spatulate tails, the first somewhat curved 

 costad, the second rather longer, curved abdominad ; postdiscal bars of forewing 

 mostly vestigial. 



Length of wing : cJ, 25 — 30 mm. 

 „ „ ? , 30- 34 mm. 



