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" Above, Primaries with a greyish-white band near the base, extending 

 from the inner nearly to the costal border, and enclosing a reddish-brown 

 patch at the base. r \ ne middle area of the wing is dark brown, tinged 

 with reddish towards the centre, and contains a triangular white discal 

 spot, bordered on the side toward the base with black, and on the other 

 sides with greyish-brown. There is a narrow white transverse band, wider 

 toward the inner border, between the middle and outer areas. A sinuous 

 black line, on a clay-coloured ground, crosses the posterior border. Near 

 the apex there is a round black spot, containing a bluish-white crescent, 

 with its horns toward the outer border ; between this and another small 

 oblong black spot at the apex, there is a white line in the form of a W, 

 with the upper side toward the outer border. A space along the costal 

 border, extending from this zigzag line almost to the middle area, is bluish 

 white, growing darker and more indistinct as it approaches the transverse 

 band. A short band between the middle area and the greyish outer 

 border, extending from the inner border a third of the way across the 

 wing, is dark greyish-brown, becoming lighter as it leaves the inner border. 

 Secondaries with a small dirty white spot on the shoulder, and the anterior 

 border just edged with the same. A w T hite transverse band similar to the 

 one on the primaries. The space between this band and the base of the 

 wing is dark brown, with the discal spot large and white ; the outer border 

 is margined with clay-colour, bounded on the inside by an arcuate black 

 line. Just inside of this line, there is a band of oblong black spots on a 

 greyish ground ; the space between this band of spots and the transverse 

 band is occupied by a wide greyish-brown band. 



" Beneath, the markings of the upper side are repeated ; but all the 

 reddish tints are wanting, so as to leave the ground colour of the wings 

 black, intermingled with whitish scales. The discal spots are bordered 

 with black. 



" Female. The antennae are less broadly pectinated than in the male, 

 and all the colours less intense. Discal spots of the primaries almost 

 obsolete ; being only short lines bordered with black, and parallel to the 

 transverse band. Discal spots of the secondaries much smaller than in 

 the male, and more rounded. 



" Expanse of wings, $ 4 in.; $ 4.9 in. 



: The cocoon is double j the outer coat being an oblong oval, pointed 

 at the upper end ; dark ashy brown, with little patches of silvery silk, and 

 with an irregular, knobby surface. The inner cocoon is of a regular oval 



