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line from base) emitting three transverse strias into discoidal 

 cell and abruptly ending in a broad, outwardly dentate, 

 oblique projection ; the inner point of the lower extremity 

 of this projection is often united by a narrow line along first 

 median nervule, to an irregular, broad, bifid, black marking 

 obliquely rising from inner-margin near base, — frequently, 

 too, its outermost dentation is joined similarly to a curved 

 black transverse band near hind-margin, which commences on 

 second discoidal nervule and extends to anal angle, where it 

 contains a small spot of ground-colour ; above the origin of 

 the latter band, on costa, an oblique irregular marking, 

 usually connected with costal band by a narrow costal edging 

 of black, rarely joined to transverse band by a narrow ray 

 which it emits downward ; this costal marking and the 

 transverse band are united by black nervular lines to a narrow 

 black edging on hind-margin, which often encloses a macular 

 ochreous line. Hind-wing : an irregular basal patch, exter- 

 nally much dentated or sub-macular, extending nearly to 

 middle of costa ; beyond middle, parallel to hind-margin, a 

 band (continuous of transverse band of fore-wing), usually 

 denticulate inwardly, is joined by nervular lines or streaks to 

 narrow hind-marginal border (which is often marked, as in 

 fore-wing, with a whitish or ochreous streak), so that a row 

 of large spots of the ground-colour (internally ovate-rotundate, 

 externally truncate) is formed between the two stripes ; 

 midway between basal black and band is sometimes a row of 

 more or less distinct black spots ; more rarely (in ? ), a 

 blackish streak just before band and united to it by nervular 

 lines. Under-side. — Excessively subject to variation, chiejiy 

 as regards hind-wing. Fore-wiiig : black band wanting on 

 costa, but its terminal projection and cellular strias present 

 (of the latter the middle one commences on costa), narrower, 

 not so black, incompletely white-edged ; other markings as 

 on upper-side, but outer costal marking wanting, the apical 

 region being creamy-ochreous, crossed by a more or less 

 distinct whitish macular streak ; ground-colour much paler 

 than above ; hind-marginal edging very narrow, nearly 

 always enclosing a white line ; a black spot at base of 

 discoidal cell. Ilind-icing : typical markings as follows : 

 ground-colour slightly deeper than that of fore-wing, crossed 

 by three transverse bands, viz. : two creamy or whitish, one 

 near base bordered on both edges by a macular, black, 

 white-edged strijE, and the other central edged internally 

 with a row of separate black dots, externally by a black line ; 

 the third band beyond middle, dentate on both edges, black, 

 containing fourteen white dots (two between every two 



