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ones divided by inter-nervular folds). IIind-ivi)ig : median stripe 

 variable in width, running obliquely from costa about middle across 

 outer third of cell to beyond first median uervule, a little before and 

 above anal angle, — its inner edge almost straight (only slightly in- 

 dented on uervures), its outer edge emitting more or less prominent 

 nervular dentations ; commencement of stripe, above fn-st subcostal 

 nervure, very much narrower than rest of it, — middle part of stripe 

 extending beyond extremity of discoidal cell, — termination below first 

 median nervule elongate, narrow, more or less acuminate inferiorly, not 

 approaching near inner margin ; submarginal series of inter-nervular 

 spots lying between apex and submedian nervure, the spots below 

 radial nervule in pairs (of which that between second and third median 

 nervules is usually more or less enlarged), while those above it are 

 almost always single ; a small anal-angular white marginal lunule very 

 near termination of median stripe. Under side. — Ilind-iuing and 

 apical area of fore-wing dark-broivn {sometimes with more or less of a 

 reddish-oehreous tinge), nearly always clouded mesially tvith sliining pale- 

 greyish ; neuration black ; inter- ncrvidar rays indistinctly blacJcish ; in 

 hind-iving a conspicuous sub-marginal, sub-metallic, veryj^k creamy stripe. 

 Fore-iving : dull brownish-black ; brown of apical area clouded with 

 pale-greyish costally, both a little beyond extremity of discoidal cell 

 and a little before apex, — the two clouds, in the best-marked examples, 

 indistinctly converging on radial nervules ; hind-marginal series of very 

 small s2:>ots usually better developed than on upper side, seldom alto- 

 gether absent, but sub-metallic pale-creamy instead of greenish-blue. 

 Hind-wmg : submarginal stripe rather variable in width, and more 

 perceptibly submacular when narrower ; it occupies a corresponding 

 position to that of the series of spots on upper side, and, like it, begins 

 marginally at apex, and ends marginally between first and second 

 median nervules ; basi-costal space strongly tinged with reddish- 

 oehreous above costal nervure ; three longitudinal black streaks in dis- 

 coidal cell from a common stem, — the upper one much shorter than 

 the others ; anal-angular marginal lunule rather larger than on upper 

 side, and metallic-creamy instead of white ; a larger spot of the same 

 tint, variable in size and form, but usually sub-lunulate, at some dis- 

 tance before anal angle, above submedian nervure, close to inner 

 margin ; median shining-greyish fascia sometimes faint or partly eva- 

 nescent, rarely almost wholly obsolete except for a pale scaling about 

 bases of median nervules, — when best developed, extending slightly 

 before middle from costa to inner margin, and externally somewhat 

 diffused and radiating on median nervules (and rarely on subcostal 

 nervule). Head black, with two white spots in front, two at bases of 

 antenuffi, and two (wider apart) behind these on vertex ; palpi black 

 with a white spot at base and a white tij) ; an outward and inferior half- 

 ring round eyes white. Thorax black, with three successive pairs of 

 well-separated small white spots dorsally on the fore part ; breast with 



