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crests tipped with black ; lateral and anal tufts small. Fore 

 wings oblong, a little broader behind ; costa very faintly 

 arched or almost straight ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind 

 margin slightly obliqne and very little curved to below the 

 middle, where it is bent in, and above the anal angle almost 

 hollowed ; dorsal margin straight, colour dull green, bluish- 

 green, olive-green, or brownish-green, fading to yellow - 

 green ; basal line slender, broken, angulated and curved, 

 deep black ; first line equally black, thicker, rather angulated, 

 edged inwardly with white, terminated at some distance 

 from the dorsal margin ; second line also black, slender, 

 rippled into numerous small crescents, edged outwardly with 

 white, terminated at some distance from the costa ; sub- 

 terminal line an interrupted series of angulated black 

 markings, broken and abruptly set back before the costa, 

 where it forms three parallel streaks ; orbicular and reniform 

 stigmata rounded, olive- or smoky-green, edged with deep 

 black ; beneath the former is a rather squared similar spot 

 similarly edged, but larger ; costal margin regularly spotted 

 with black, the intermediate spaces filled in with white ; 

 extreme hind margin regularly spotted with minute Y- 

 shaped black streaks which project into the cilia, the latter 

 being otherwise greenish-white. Hind wings rounded 

 behind, very glossy, smooth, pale smoky-grey or smoky- 

 white, palest toward the base ; central spot a hardly 

 perceptible smoky-black crescent ; near the hind margin is 

 sometimes a faintly visible partial blackish transverse line ; 

 hind margin edged with black ; cilia white. Female very 

 similar, but with the abdomen broader and rather flat- 

 tened. 



Underside of the fore wings shining smoky-brown, 

 shading off to white along the dorsal margin ; costal margin 

 spotted and shaded with white ; cilia white with smoky- 

 brown dots. Hind Avings smoky- white, dusted with brown ; 

 central spot a black crescent ; along the hind margin is a 

 broad smoky-black stripe shading paler toward the anal 



