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spots. Striated, or the dark colour produced inwardly as red 

 or black internervular marks, at least in areas 2 and 3 . (c) 



(a) Little or no basal black in f.-w. area lb . . lumiri (219) 

 With basal black in f.-w. area lb, at least along lower half of 



that area .......... (6) 



(b) Basal black of f.-w. forms a patch, the outer edge of which is 



more or less continuous with that of the h.-w. basal black, and 

 is not deeply indented, on the median, by the reddish ground- 

 colour ........ uvui umd (217) 



Basal black of f.-w. is deeply indented on the median by the 



ground-colour honasia alicia (221) 



[Also bonasia banka, and sometimes bonasia honasia, but the 

 latter is distinguished by character a'.] 

 {b) A. uvui 9 has the h.-iv. border beneath bearing broad brown 

 internervular marks and very faint indications of marginal 

 pale spots. 



A. bonasia alicia 9 has the border deeply striated, but may usiially 

 be recognised by the paucity of basal black in f.-w. 



(c) F.-w. with a broad black apical patch bearing three small semi- 



transparent subapical spots in areas 4, 5, and 6 fornax (309) 

 F.-w. not so marked ........ (d) 



(d) H.-w. underside bears at costa a crimson triangle enclosed by a 



black line. Base of triangle on costal nervure. Ground- 

 colour of h.-w. lemon-yellow .... excelsior (215) 

 H.-w. underside not so marked ...... (e) 



(e) H.-w. margin beneath bears broad red internervular marks. 



That in area 4 is not, or very little, shorter than that in 3, 

 and is not heavily bordered with black .... (/) 



H.-w. margin beneath without broad red internervular marks, 

 or if with such marks that in area 4 is very much shorter 

 than that in area 3, or at least is heavily bordered with 

 black .......... (g) 



{f) F.-w. without a separated subapical patch of the ground-colour, 

 and h.-w. with a well-developed row of discal spots 



zitja (part) (204) 



F.-w. with a separated subapical patch of ground-colour, and 



h.-w. without discal spots . ... . goetzi (213) 



(</) H.-w. border beneath bears long internervular rays which are 

 bifurcated at margin and enclose pale spots, such spots being 

 for the most part wider before than at the margin althoffi, (251) 

 (This species is polymorphic. For the various forms see de- 

 scriptive portion.) 

 If h.-w. border beneath bears long bifurcated rays, the pale spots 

 they enclose are triangular and widest at the margin . (/i) 

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