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cloud ; beyond it, on the dorsal margin, is an ovate black 

 spot; first line extremely oblique, yellowish-white, at the 

 dorsal margin curving round and joining the second line, of 

 the same colour, which then forms a deep loop to the middle 

 of the wing and back nearly to the subterminal line, there 

 sharply angled, and thence passing with two flat angles to 

 the costa ; subterminal line white or yellow-white, partially 

 double, conspicuous and complete, and edged inwardly by a 

 row of broad black spots ; orbicular stigma a distinct round 

 black dot ; reniform stigma roughly formed, blackish-brown, 

 its inner margin black and its outer yellowish-white, the 

 latter perpendicular and straight ; cilia white, sparingly 

 spotted with pale brown. Hind wings rounded, rather large, 

 yellow ; two black stripes from the base, one to the middle, 

 the other along the dorsal margin, unite with an angulated 

 central transverse black stripe, to which also is joined the 

 very large lunate black central spot, in such a manner as to 

 enclose a large blotch of the yellow ground colour ; beyond is 

 a series of black streaks on the nervures and of irregular 

 black spots between them, followed by an equally irregular 

 black-brown cloudy band which lies along the hind margin ; 

 cilia white, spotted with brown, and distinctly bounded along 

 the base by two brown lines enclosing a yellow one. Female 

 very similar, but with the wings rather smaller and the body 

 a little stouter. 



Underside of the fore wings ochreous-yellow, the two 

 stigmatic spots of the upper side black, followed by a sharply 

 angulated incomplete transverse black stripe, outside which 

 the space to the hind margin is faintly blotched with black- 

 brown clouds. Hind wings very similar, the lunate central 

 spot black, followed by a slender, sharply angulated black 

 stripe and some faint clouds behind. Body and legs pale 

 sulphur, fore tibias browner. 



Hardly variable, except in the tendency toward chocolate- 

 brown or pale grey in the fore wings and toward orange or 

 straw colour in the hind. 



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