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first median nervule ; apex edged with ferrugiuous-Lrowii from first 

 subcostal uervule on costa to third or second median nervule on hind- 

 margin ; a hind-marginal series of minute intcr-nervular black dots. 

 Hind-wing : slightly paler on inner margin ; a hind-marginal series of 

 dots as in fore-wing. Under side. — Hlnd-iuing and apical area of 

 fore-wing deep chrome-yelloio loith ferruginous marks. Fore-iuing : paler 

 than on upper side, whitish on inner margin ; close to apex, two or 

 three small ferruginous spots with large silvery centres ; a very small 

 blackish terminal disco-cellular dot. Hind-iving : sometimes rather 

 deeper in tint than apex of fore-wing, thickly or sparsely flecked with 

 ferruginous or ferruginous-brown ; a row of rather darker spots along 

 costal edge (which is fringed with pinkish and brown hairs), the largest 

 and most conspicuous spot elongate, variable in shape, a little beyond 

 middle, touching first subcostal nervule ; a curved discal row of six (as 

 many as four sometimes obsolete) small ferruginous spots, of which the 

 last, between first median nervule and submedian nervure, is much 

 the largest and always well marked. Hind-marginal minute spots a 

 little larger than on upper side in both wings, ferruginous. 



$ Paler. Fore-tving : orange apical patch duller, sometimes almost 

 obsolete, rarely wanting wholly ; apical ferruginous-brown edging wider, 

 somewhat diff"use ; a submarginal series of five inter-nervular ferru- 

 ginous-brown spots, of which the lowest, between second and first 

 median nervules, is indistinct. Under side. — Fore-wing : pale lemon- 

 yellow ; beyond discoidal cell orange, deepening into ferruginous-red, 

 tinged with pink at apex ; spots at apex larger ; other submarginal 

 spots of upper side sometimes faintly indicated. Hind-wing : more 

 thickly flecked than in $, the spots and atoms pinker ; the largest spot 

 on costa silvery-centred ; spots of discal row enlarged, rounded, silvery- 

 centred, especially a greatly -enlarged spot lying between radial and 

 third median nervules ; beyond this conspicuous spot and the smaller 

 one just above it, a patch or cloud of ferruginous-red tinged with pink 

 extending to hind-marginal edge ; usually a diff"used pink stain from 

 base between median and submedian nervures to beyond middle. 



In both sexes, but usually more prominently in the $, the under 

 side of the hind-wing also bears an obliquely-transverse ill-defined fer- 

 ruginous streak running from the extremity of the discoidal cell to 

 submedian nervure before middle. 



There is much variation in size as regards both sexes.^ In colour- 

 ing and pattern the $ is much more constant than the $ ; the upper 

 side ofiering merely some modifications in the tint and development 

 of the apical ferruginous-brown or dark-brown edging in the fore- 

 wings, which when best expressed radiates slightly on the nervules, 

 and the under side exhibiting a deeper or lighter chrome-yellow and 



^ Boisduval {op. cit.) obs.erved that Abyssinian specimens were a third smaller than those 

 which he had received from Natal ; but I have received very small examples as well as very 

 large ones from the latter country. 



