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Underside. F.-\v. as above but duller -and without the dark 

 suH'usion. Two black spots on costa, one at base, and one just 

 beyond. Sometimes a spot beyond end of cell in 10. Remaining 

 spots as above. 



H.-w. pale pinkish, the distal portion yellow, and the basal 

 portion faintly reddish between the nervules. Black spots 

 rather variable. One in 8 near precostal, a very minute spot in 

 2, a short distance below median, and some irregular black at 

 base of nervures enclosing two white spots which lie close 

 against thorax. Remaining spots as above. Marginal border as 

 above but with seven large white internervular spots, that in Ic 

 doubled. 



Head black with two white marks between the eyes, one 

 behind each eye, and two spots on the collar. Thorax black 

 with two white dorsal anterior streaks. Base of abdomen black 

 with whitish lateral spots and transverse lines. Remainder 

 creamy white. Claws unequal. 



5. Expanse 50-60 mm. F.-w. orange ochreous with a rich 

 sepia basal suffusion, extending in some cases nearly all over 

 the wing, but in the latter case leaving a trace of a paler 

 subapical band just beyond discal black spots. Apical and 

 marginal black broader than in ^ . Black spots equally unstable, 

 the discal row varying from a confluent band to two small 

 separate spots in 4 and 5. 



H.-w. milky ochreous to salmon-pink with a black basal 

 suffusion and a broad black hind-marginal border, in some 

 examples 4 mm. wide at area 2. A white discal suffusion of 

 very variable extent. 



Underside f.-w. orange ochreous sometimes with a trace of the 

 black basal suffusion especially along nervure 1, and the base of 

 median. The apical region with orange internervular rays on a 

 paler ground. Spots as on upperside with the two basal costal 

 spots as in (^ . H. -w. rose-pink at base, distal portion orange, some 

 pale ochreous suffusion about nervules in median area. Black 

 marginal border with large rounded white spots ; in one example 

 the margin spots are pale ochreous and there is a line of same 

 colour along inner edge of marginal black. The fringes of both 

 wings are pale lemon ochreous and very conspicuous. Abdomen 

 black above with white lateral spots. 



A. stenohea is rare in collections. The variation in the 

 ground-colour and extent of black suffusion may be more 

 or less seasonal, but I have not seen a sufficiently long 

 series to be able to form an opinion on this point. 



