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angle of the hind-wings is a conspicuous black spot in a tawny 

 ring ; the hind-margins are also sometimes more or less inter- 

 lined with tawny. 



The female is larger than the male, and of a paler brown, 

 and the purple reflection is wholly absent. On the under side 

 the fore-win^s are rusty-brown, inclining to black in the 

 middle, with a large ocellus towards the hinder angle, corre- 



Purple Emperor (Apattira iris). Under side c f Female. 



sponding to the indistinct spot above. There are two black 

 spots towards the ba.e, in addition to the white marks corre- 

 sponding to those on the upper side. On the hind-wings the 

 white band is broader than on the upper side, with its outer 

 side more irregular ; the eye towards the anal angle is smaller ; 

 and the base and marginal portions of the wing are greyish, with 

 something of a pearly lustre, and with a faint undulating brown 

 line running along the hind-margin. The body is black above, 

 and the legs and under side are greyish-white. The figures in 



