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edging above and below ; remainder of the thorax of the 

 same rich red, the shoulder-lappets spotted and edged with 

 white, and a small tuft or crest at the back barred and 

 tipped with the same ; fascicles dusky pale yellow ; abdomen 

 short and rather thick, dull black with a white edging to 

 each segment, and the sides, especially the lateral tufts, 

 tinged with yellow ; anal tuft black, with similar sides and 

 edging ; dorsal region furnished with a series of minute raised 

 black tufts, the anterior a little larger and tipped with chest- 

 nut. Fore wings rather narrow, costa straight ; apex bluntly 

 angulated ; hind margin gently curved, especially so toward 

 the anal angle ; dorsal margin straight ; colour brilliant 

 purplish-crimson, or red-brown, marbled with white ; two 

 white dots at the base are followed by spots and clouds 

 of pale yellow and white, which enclose a basal line of the 

 ground colour ; first line white, angulated, spread out on the 

 costa ; second line much angulated but ill defined, formed of 

 a dusting of pale yellow changing to white at the wing- 

 margins ; subterminal line conspicuous, white, broad and 

 much angulated ; orbicular stigma indicated by a round 

 yellowish dot, above which is a costal cloud of whitish dots, 

 and below a roughly triangular conspicuous white spot, 

 under this another, more clouded and smaller ; reniform 

 stigma obscurely outlined in dusky yellow ; extreme hind 

 margin faintly spotted with white, each spot followed by 

 another, more distinct, in the cilia, which, the intermediate 

 portion being dark purple-brown, become thus distinctly 

 chequered. Hind wings small, rounded behind ; middle 

 portion rich yellow ; base and costal margin bronzy-black ; 

 hinder portion of the wing filled by a broad deep black 

 marginal band ; cilia white. Female very similar. 



Underside of the fore wings dull black suffused toward 

 the apex with purple ; in the middle is a dull yellow spot, 

 and another, fainter, is placed upon the costa before the 

 apex. Hind wings orange-yellow, with a broad stripe of 

 rich purple dusting along the costal region and apex, which 



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