i>4 LEPIDOPTERA. 



blunt, ])rojectin<r, black ; eyes bionzy-black- : liead brown- 

 black ; thorax similar, having at the back a broad tuft of 

 raised spatulate scales of the same colour ; abdomen brownish- 

 white, on the dorsal ridge is a pair of black-brown dots on 

 each segment ; lateral tufts broad, anal tuft long and 

 spreading, yellowish-white. Costa of the fore wings arched 

 at the base and strongly so at the apex, nearly straight 

 between ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin oblique and 

 nearly straight ; dorsal margin a little rounded ; creamy- 

 white ; basal blotch blue-black edged with orange-black, and 

 its edge quite jierpendicular and straight ; the white s])ace 

 following it transversely shaded with bluish-grey clouds and 

 slender lines; first line curved, erect; second line equally 

 erect, but bent out in a blunt angle above the middle, and 

 hollowed below it ; these enclose a central band, not very 

 broad at the costa, becoming less so below the middle, 

 blue-black rather mottled with orange-brown, containing a 

 deep black discal spot, and slender irregular black lines 

 within the margins ; half way between the outer angle of 

 this band and the hind margin is a rather wedge-shaped 

 black dot, and from its inner edge to the costa are two faint, 

 rippled, cloudy blue-grey lines; below it a faint ochreous 

 cloud extends along the hind marginal area; cilia brownish- 

 white. Hind wings elongated, rounded behind ; smoky- 

 white, or pure white, faintly edged along the hind margin 

 with cloudy brown dots ; central spot placed near the base, 

 small, black ; cilia brownish-white. Female similar, some- 

 times a little larger. 



Underside of the fore wings light brown ; the central 

 band as above, but paler grey-brown ; hind margin clouded 

 with the same colour, in which a rippled white subtermiual 

 line is distinctly visible, ilind wings brownish-white, with 

 a very faint irregular central brown transvei'se line ; hind 

 margin edged with short black streaks. Hody and legs 

 whitish-brown, front tibire blackened. 



Usually very constant in colour and markings, but in the 



