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line very oblique, rather sinuous, and running out to a long 

 point toward the apex of the wing, then sharply bent back 

 and up to the costa ; from the long point a black line, 

 clouded above with dark brown, runs into the apex of the 

 wing and is faintly edged below by a white line ; the space 

 between the first and second lines forms an oblitpu' umbreous 

 band, having spots of the paler ground colour near the costa, 

 and the uervures darkened; discal spot blai-k ; space beyond 

 the second line occupied by four slender ])arallel black-brown 

 lines, and a thicker, but less even, whitish line which seems 

 to rejiresent the subterminal ; there is also in this portion 

 a dusting of whitisii-brown streaks on the costa; extreme 

 hind margin edged by an undulating lilack line; cilia pale 

 umbreous, whiter in the hollows. Hind wings large and 

 long, rather squared, deeply scalloped behind, the intervals 

 forming sharply jjoiuted crenulations ; jjalc umbreous; 

 central spot black, placed near tiie base ; beyond the middle 

 is an unusually straight black-brown transverse line, squarely 

 angulated near the iront margin; this is followed by two 

 similar jiarallel lines, and then by some whitish-brown cloudy 

 spots towards the hiiul margin, the latter being edged by a 

 line undulating black line ; cilia umbreous, clouded witli 

 smoky black. Female larger; the markings on the wings 

 more distinct, and usually the central band lilacker ; body 

 thicker and shorter. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky pale purplish-brown ; 

 discal spot distinctly black ; costa yellow-brown, barred with 

 umbreous: second line distinctly darker and complete, llind 

 wings paler brown, clouded with umbreous; nervures dashed 

 alternately with paler and darker brown ; central spot black ; 

 the dark lines of the upper side very faintly reproduced. 

 Body and legs pale brown. 



Sliglitl}' variable iti the depth of the ground colour, and 

 in the darkness of the nuirkings ; more particularly in the 

 coloiu' of the central band, which sometimes becomes nearly 

 black; in other cases it renuiins of the light brown of the 



