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(uw) F.-w. “delicate submarginal lines are 
continuous, interrupted only by the 
nervules. v. 
These lines less distinct between ner- ( agatha. (558) 
vules 3 and 4 ; ‘ 3 .  jordani.* (560) 
(v) H.-w. discal band extends beyond 
nervule6.. . seeldrayersi.t 
H.-w. ditto does oo patend bayou 
nervule 6 : : .~ livingstonet. (561) 
(w) Proximal edge of f.-w. aescRE band 
straight. De 
Ditto concave or indented. 2. 
(x) F.-w. discal band sharply defined, the 
nervures only very faintly marked. y. 
Discal band formed of elongated white 
spots rounded and deeply indented 
distally between nervules : . nysiades (part). (584) 
(y) F.-w. discal band almost pyriform and 
pointed at costal end. Submarginal 
lines on both wings markedly white . nina. (580) 
Ditto narrower towards costa, but not 
pyziform. Submarginal lines not so 
markedly white. . puella. (579) 
(z) F.-w. band somewhat ifesbated fistuily 
by ground-colour, especially in 3| 
and 4, band composed of spots 4 
nearly equal length 
Ditto with the spot in 2 very snail ier 
only touching that in 3 at its inner zi 
nysiades f. continuata. 
(584) 
nysiades f. metanira. 
anterior angle (584) 
nysiades f. conspicua. 
Ditto with spots in 4, 5, and 6 consider- (584) 
ably longer than those in2and3  .| nicomedes f.  puel- 
| loides.% (579) 
* No absolutely constant character can be given to distinguish 
these two species; jordani is smaller than the average size of agatha, 
and the ground-colour is paler. In jordani the discal band is more 
consistently narrowed towards the costa. 
+ Occasional examples of seeldrayersi have the f.-w. band separated 
into elongated spots by an increased blackening of the nervules. 
Such examples are distinguished from nysiades by the white dots 
in f.-w. cell above. 
t Puelloides can generally be distinguished from conspicua by 
its smaller size and the interruption of the f.-w. submarginal lines 
in area 3 and often in 6, 
