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and obtusely pointed, exterior margin almost even, oblique, witli a slight tendency 

 to angulation below the apex ; posterior angle pointed ; first subcostal veinlet 

 emitted at one-eiglitb before end of the cell, second at a nearly equal distance 

 beyond the cell, third at nearly one-half, and fourth and fifth at four-fifths ; cell 

 closed by a slender lower discocellular veinlet. Hindwing triangular, posteriorly 

 produced ; apex convex ; exterior margin slightly scalloped ; precostal vein acutely 

 bent at its middle and with a short inner spur at the angle ; cell closed by a slender 

 lower discocellular veinlet. Palpi rather stout, apex thick ; antennge stout ; eyes 

 hairy. Sexes dissimilar. 



Type. — D. Morgiana. 



Differs from typical Potamis (Iris) in both wings having the exterior margin 

 more even, the cell in both fore and hindwings being closed by a slender lower dis- 

 cocellular veinlet. The forewing is narrower at the apex, the posterior angle more 

 pointed, and the second subcostal emitted beyond the cell. The palpi are stouter, 

 and the eyes are hairy. 



DILIPA MOHGIANA (Plate 193, fig. 1, la, b, c, S ? )• 



Apatura Morgiana, Westwood, Genera of D. Lep. ii. p. 305, i^ (1851). 



Dilipa Morgiana, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Compy. i. p. 201, pi. 6a, fig. 5, J' ? (1857). de 



Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 48, pi. 20, fig. 86, ^ (1886). Staudinger, Lep. Exot. pi. 55, 



cJ (1885). 



IsrAGO. — Male. Upperside golden-black, the basal area thickly studded with 

 lustrous golden scales ; cilia alternately edged with white. Forewing crossed by an 

 outwardly-oblique discal golden-yellow macular band and a shorter broken band 

 beyond, both being edged with brighter and lustrous golden scales ; the outer border 

 below the apex also studded Avith dark golden-yellow scales ; before the apex are 

 three superposed pure white spots, the two lower being minute. Hindwing crossed 

 by a very broad discal lustrous golden-yellow band, and a submarginal golden-yellow 

 narrow luuular line, which latter is dilated anteriorly and posteriorly ; the abdominal 

 margin greyish-brown. Underside. Forewing paler, the black duller, the base 

 yellowish- white, the apex pale olivescent-brown ; subapical spots, a patch at the 

 apex, and another patch at the posterior angle being lilacine-white. Hindwing pale 

 olivescent-brown, olivescent and yellowish anteriorly across the disc, the base and 

 abdominal border being washed with lilacine-white ; two slightly-defined yellow 

 dots, or a lunule, within the cell and a lunule at its end ; a less distinct submarginal 

 row of yellow dots. Bodij and palpi above golden-brown ; palpi beneath and body 

 beneath white ; forelegs and femora white ; middle and hind tibi^ pale olivescent- 

 yellow ; antennge black, club red ; eyes hairy, reddish. 



