similar pointed tuft; remainder of the thor.ix pale orange- 

 yellow, except that the flattened tuft at the back is tipped 

 with purple ; fascicles white ; abdomen reddish-yellow much 

 covered towards the base with paler hair-scales; lateral and 

 anal tufts ochreous. Fore wings pointed and rather retnse; 

 costa very slightly arched ; apex sharply angnlated ; hind 

 margin beneath it faintly hollowed and scarcely oblique, but 

 filled out in the middle and rounded off to the anal angle ; 

 dorsal margin nearly straight ; colour rich deep yellow ; basal 

 line indicated by one or two purple dots ; first line by an 

 upright row of angular and crescentic dots also purple ; 

 between these is a large, similarly coloured, triangular blotch 

 on the costa and a smaller blotch towards the dorsal margin ; 

 second line a rather erect series of purple crescents, the 

 lower duplicated and enclosing a yellow stripe, the whole 

 obscured in a large interrupted oblique stripe or central band 

 of deep purple, extending from the middle of the dorsal 

 margin to the costa not far from the apex ; subterminal line 

 represented by a row of large purple dots ; other similar dots 

 and an oblique streak from the costa lie in the yellow space 

 above the oblique stripe ; costa also dotted with purple, and 

 in the subapical purple space with yellow ; there are hardly 

 more than imaginary traces of the stigmata among the purj^le 

 spots and clouds; cilia purple dashed with yellow. Hind 

 wings rather small with sinuous hind margin, yellowish- 

 white, more yellow towards the hinder edge, cilia similar. 

 Female hardly differing at all, except that the body is shorter 

 and stouter and the anal tuft very small. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky yellowish-white ; 

 costal, apical, and hind marginal regions orange-red ; beyond 

 the middle of the costa is a short commencement of a purple 

 stripe followed by a similar squared blotch. Hind wings 

 yellowish-white dusted with yellow, and clouded along the 

 costa, apex, and hind margin with purple-red ; central spot 

 very small, black; just beyond it is a curved, cloudy, purple 

 transverse stripe. Body and legs purple-red. 



