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^. Expanse about 50 mm. Wings bright scarlet. (In some 

 •examples deep orange, but whether this difference is due to 

 fading or to seasonal dimorphism I am unable to decide, the ex- 

 amples before me not being dated.) F.-w. Costa yellowish. Apex 

 moderately suffused with black and the nervules heavily marked 

 with the same colour. Hind margin narrowly black. Black 

 spots as follows : — In area 11 near middle of length of cell a 

 small spot. Below this in cell an oblique transverse spot and 

 ■one on upper and middle discocellulars. Just beyond end of cell 

 an oblique transverse band of spots from costa to nervule 4. In 

 area 3 a broadly crescentic spot near middle of its length and 

 sometimes a small submarginal. In area 2 a submarginal sub- 

 triangular spot and a reniform spot at basal end touching 

 median and nervule 2. In area lb a submarginal, close behind 

 it a discal, and touching the median a subbasal spot ; also a small 

 black basal streak. In area la near middle a small Idack streak, 

 also a slight black basal suffusion. H.-w. with a slight black 

 basal suffusion and a narrow (about r2 mm.) hind-marginal 

 band. Inner margin yellowish. Black spots as follows : — A 

 iliscal sinuous row of eight the fourth (in 4) usually confluent 

 with a minute spot on the discocellular (this latter not always 

 present). The spot in 2 touching median and nervule 2. In 

 area 7 a subbasal spot. Two spots in cell the distal one large 

 and transverse. A subbasal and a basal spot in Ic, and one 

 or two conlluent and rather obscurely defined spots in lb 

 and la. 



Underside. F.-w. rosy red, costa, apex, and hind margin 

 ochreous. Hind margin and nervules narrowly black, reddish 

 internervular marks, black spots as on upjjerside. H.-w. warm 

 ochreous, darker in the internervular spaces and with some 

 reddish marks near base. Hind margin with a narrow greenish 

 grey border about 1'2 mm. wide, outwardly and inwardly 

 defined bj- a very narrow black edge, and divided by the black 

 nervules. Spots as above, an additional one being visible in 

 area 8 near precostal, and a basal spot in 9, and Ic. The discal 

 spots in la and lb sometimes confluent. 



Head and thorax black with a few yellowish spots, and red or 

 orange lateral tufts on collar. Basal half of abdomen black 

 with orange lateral spots. Remainder orange. Claws unequal. 



9 . About same size as (^ (one dwarfed example before me 

 only 36 mm.). Ground-colour rather less brilliant. Spots 

 similar. H.-w. margin with pale internervular spots ot ground- 

 colour. Abdomen all black above with large whitish lateral 

 spots. 



