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grey ; abdomen glossy pale purplish-brown, much flattened ; 

 lateral and anal tufts inconspicuous. Fore wings rather 

 narrow at the base, broad behind, and rather expanded at the 

 anal angle ; costa rounded ; dorsal margin rather hollowed ; 

 apex and hind margin rounded, the latter hardly oblique ; 

 colour light umbreous dusted with darker, with the costal 

 region, so far as the median nervure, suffused with purplish- 

 red, and a gloss of purplish over the whole surface ; basal 

 line blackish, curved, very slender ; outside it is a short, deep 

 black, longitudinal streak lying below the median nervure ; 

 first line indistinct, nearly perpendicular, composed of de- 

 tached blackish curves ; second line obscure, not very oblique, 

 mainly composed of blackish crescents, from the points of 

 which blackish streaks run along the nervures ; subterminal 

 line undulating, faintly yellowish ; orbicular aud reniform 

 stigmata dull yellowish, edged with black ; claviform stigma 

 scarcely indicated ; on the costal margin are two pairs of 

 black spots, followed by three or four yellowish dots ; cilia 

 purplish-brown. Hind wings whitish, with brown nervures, 

 clouded at tlie base and hind margin with greyish-brown, 

 and wholly suffused with a golden gloss ; cilia white. Female 

 similar, or else more suffused with reddish, purplish, or smoky- 

 brown, and with the markings even more obscured ; hind 

 wings slightly darker. 



Underside of the fore wings shining smoky-white, broadly 

 tinged with reddish-grey along the costa and hind margin ; 

 reniform stigma indicated by a cloudy blackish spot ; beyond 

 it is a distinct, transverse, curved, smoky-black stripe. Hind 

 wings white, with the costal region broadly dusted with 

 reddish ; central spot grey, obscure ; beyond it is a smoky- 

 black transverse stripe, most distinct toward the costa, and 

 fading out in the white area. 



There is some variation in the ground colour, the red costal 

 colouring in some specimens suffusing the greater portion of 

 the fore wings, or in others becoming hardly perceptible, 

 leaving the whole surface dark brown, or grey-brown, or even 



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