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that colour ; in the base of the reniforra stigma is a leaden- 

 black spot and beyond it a tawny band. Hind wings 

 smoky-brown, the costal region shining white. 



Antenntx^ of the male simple, finely ciliated, fulvous ; palpi 

 rather small but moderately tufted, red-brown, apical joint 

 blunt; eyes prominent, naked, deep purple-brown, back 

 lashes long and black; head and thorax yellowish-red, 

 collar uplifted and faintly barred with deeper colour, scales 

 at the back gathered into a small obscure tuft ; fascicles 

 white, abundant, and flowing ; abdomen silvery-white, much 

 dusted with smoky-brown ; lateral tufts placed upon distinct 

 ridges ; anal tuft small, pale yellow. Fore wings elongated ; 

 costa gently but regularly arched ; apex bluntly angulated ; 

 hind margin rather oblique, straight but almost retuse and 

 rounded off below the middle ; dorsal margin straight, tufted 

 at its base ; colour orange-yellow or reddish-buff; basal line 

 slender, incomplete, once angulated, first line very obscure 

 but broadly angulated, both rust-red or tawny ; second line 

 rather more purple-red, and consisting of a series of obscure 

 crescents ; subterminal line cloudy yellow, edged inside by a 

 regularly divided stripe of rich bright rust-red; orbicular 

 sti'-ma large, edged with the same ; reniform stigma similar 

 but having its lower area occupied by a leaden-black cloudy 

 spot dotted with deeper black, and obscurely and partially 

 margined with white; united to this stigma is the upper 

 extremity of a slender angulated tawny central shade; 

 nervures more or less tinged with rusty or purplish-red; 

 cilia concolorous but with a purplish gloss. Hind wings 

 rather broad, with the hind margin slightly sinuous; pale 

 smoky-brown, with the whole costal region broadly iri- 

 descent greenish- white ; cilia long, pinkish-white. Female 

 quite similar but with stouter body and smaller anal tuft. 



Underside of the fore wings pale yellow; costa tinged 

 with ochreous ; reniform stigma large, cloudy-black followed 

 at intervals by two partial narrow cloudy stripes; cilia pale 

 purple. Hind wings pale yellow ; central spot small, cloudy- 



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