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short, paler band, whitish-ochreous on costa, thence narrowing 

 and darkening towards anal angle as far as second or third 

 median nervule, where it becomes obsolete, among the 

 ochreous and greyish hairs on that portion of wing ; a row of 

 seven rather wide lunules along hind-margin (which is nar- 

 rowly black-edged) — the first lunule wholly warm-ochreous — 

 the second, third, and fourth, ochreous with thinner or broader 

 white ends — the fifth and sixth white, varied with bluish- 

 green — the seventh, at anal angle, yellowish-green ; before 

 and parallel to lunules, a row of four blue spots, diminishing 

 from anal angle as far as discoidal nervule ; two rather short, 

 acute, slender, black tails on hind-margin, about equal in 

 length, at extremities of first and third median nervules 

 respectively ; anal-angular portion rather markedly produced, 

 much more so than in N. Brutus. Under-side. — Very 

 similar to that of N. Brutus. Fore-wing : deep-ferruginous 

 as far as transverse band, which is pure-white (instead of 

 ochreous as on upper-side) ; a longitudinal white streak be- 

 tween costal edge and nervure ; white-margined, blackish 

 striae marking the ferruginous arranged as in Brutus, but 

 broader and more spot-like, and with a greenish tint in their 

 metallic centres — particularly the one on costa beyond ex- 

 tremity of cell, which touches inner edge of transverse band ; 

 immediately beneath the latter is a similar, much smaller, 

 marking, not present in Brutus ; the white-margined striae 

 beneath cell less distinct, and confluent ; ochreous space, 

 between base and quadrate black marking below third median 

 nervule, dtdler and greyer than in Brutus ; white, transverse 

 band marked near costa with two yellow- ochreous dashes — 

 its row of black spots much smaller than on zipper-side, and 

 bounded exteriorly by a row of yellow-ochreous, sagittate 

 marks, representing outer portion of band ; ground-colour 

 beyond band soft, pale, slaty -grey, with a bluish tinge ; a 

 transverse row of seven rounded, black spots immediately 

 succeeding and touching ochreous, sagittate ones — the last, 

 below third median nervule, being large, suffused, and indis- 

 tinctly geminate (as in Brutus), and outwardly bordered by 

 a tint bluer than ground-colour ; hind-marginal row of spots 

 as on tqyper-side. Hind-wing : arrangement of white-mar- 

 gined striae before transverse band almost precisely that of 

 Brutus ; the junction of those crossing the inner-marginal 

 groove not so rounded, and the stria? more sinuate ; the 

 short, white-edged markings bounding inner edge of trans- 

 verse band united, so as to form a continuous stripe ; band 

 itself pure-ivhite, much narrower than in Brutus, continued 

 to inner-margin, not black-edged outwardly (excepting close 



