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{d) F.-w. ground-colour violet grey. Subapical patch white. 

 H.-w. ochreous grey. Submarginal spots of both wings 

 pale ochreous. 



(e) F.-w. grey, flushed with red at base, subapical patch 



creamy white. H.-w. ochreous, sufl'nsed with red at 

 base. Submarginal spots of both wings orange. 



(f) Like (e), but ground-colour of f.-w. white with a rust red 



basal flush. 

 ((/) F.-w. violet grey with a white subapical patch. H.-w. 



bright ochreous. 

 (/i) F,-w. violet grey. A faint trace of whitish subapical 



patch. H.-w. golden yellow with a broad black margin 



bearing golden yellow spots. 

 {I) F.-w. white. Apical patch not enclosed. H.-w. creamy 



white. Broad black marginal border. Submarginal 



spots pale ochreous. 



In the following there is no wedge-shaped black central 

 mark in f.-w., merely a black spot on the discocellulars, and tlie 

 marginal black is not widened at 2 and 3 but tapers from apex to 

 hind margin and is much suS'used inwardly. There is only a 

 trace of submarginal spots in f.-w\ 



(j) F.-w. pale dusky cream colour, h.-w. rather more ochreous. 



{k) F.-w. ground-colour semitransparent sepia with a faint 

 indication of whitish subapical patch. H.-w. dark sepia 

 with a discal powdering of reddish scales. 



(I) F.-w. white with orange basal flush. H.-w. upper half 

 dull orange, lower half dark grey. Marginal border 

 4 mm. broad. Only a trace of submarginal spots. 



{m) F.-w. white with ochreous flush at base. H.-w. dark 



cream colour, 

 n) F.-w. dull ochreous red, h.-w. rather brighter. 



(o) F.-w. Basal half red, discal part white. Submarginal 

 spots orange. H.-w. reddish yellow. 



{p) F.-w. reddish grey suffused with dull red at base. A 

 curved transverse creamy white band from costa to hind 

 angle. H.-w. dull orange. A faint trace of marginal 

 spots. 



To Godart's f. janisea may be assigned those forms of 

 the $ which are dusky grey. Boisduval's f. manjaca occurs 

 in Madagascar. The $ may have the f.-w. apical patch 

 completely enclosed or not, and the $ is like that de- 

 scribed above under (^), but with the f.-w. apical patch 



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