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destitute of tlie oblique dark-brown fascia, but having the 

 fore wings crossed by two irregular, angulated, slender dark- 

 brown stripes, the outer of which corresponds with that 

 arising from the third discal bar in the male, and the other 

 arising from the second discal bar. Other markings as in 

 the male, but usually somewhat paler. 



Under side of fore wings pale fulvous, with the costal and 

 hind margins and apex paler or almost yellowish, and with 

 both margins dusted, clouded, or rippled with pale olive 

 brown ; the central dark-browu fascia of the male is absent, 

 the transverse markings in both sexes being as on the upper 

 side of the female; the blue-centred black spot near the apex 

 is ringed with yellow, and outside this with brown, and 

 touching this brown ring, on the side nearest the apex, is a 

 minute counterpart of the ocellated spot. Of the hind wings, 

 beautifully mottled with creamy or pinkish-white, with silvery- 

 grey flecks, or with dark yellow, golden brown, and grey ; 

 crossed by several much-indented dark brown lines ; with a 

 complete row, before the hind margin, of black spots, broadly 

 ringed with orange, encircled with dark brown, outside of 

 which is a row of pale crescents in the grey margin. 



Usually a very constant species in colour and markings 

 in both sexes, but variation occasionally takes place in 

 the apical, round, black ocellated spot, which becomes par- 

 tially or completely doubled, or has satellites, in neigh- 

 bouring round black dots or black rings with white centres, 

 one beneath, the other nearer the apex of the wing ; but 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs has a female most strikingly ornamented 

 with blue-centred black spots, four on each fore wing. Ou 

 the other hand, Mr. R. Adkin has one of the same sex in 

 which the usual black spot is t-otally absent on the upper side 

 of the right fore wing, though present on the left. There is 

 also at times variation in the depth and richness of the ful- 

 vous ground colour. Dr. Mason has a male of a straw colour, 

 but with all the dark markings very strongly accentuated ; and 

 Mr. J. E. Robsou has a female, with dark markings, but the 



