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and narrow black internervular arches. A thin black marginal 

 line from apex to anal angle. Black spots as follows : — A 

 median row of eight, the first in 7 near middle, second in 6 

 nearer margin, third in 4 in a line with second nearly at right 

 angles to costa (very rarely a faint trace of a spot in 5), fourth 

 in 3 close to end of cell, fifth in 2 touching median and 

 nervule 2, sixth in Ic nearer margin, seventh in lb slightly 

 nearer base, eighth in la still nearer base. A spot in 8 

 rather beyond the precostal, a transverse subbasal spot in 7, 

 one round and one transverse spot in cell, and one on upper 

 discocellulars. A subbasal spot in Ic, lb, and la, the second 

 of these nearer margin than the other two. A basal spot in Ic. 

 Fringes yellowish white. Head and thorax covered with reddish 

 brown hair, abdomen black above, orange beneath, and with 

 whitish lateral spots. Claws unequal. 



$ . Expanse about 62 mm. Ground-colour extremely variable, 

 rosy pink, warm sepia, or creamy white with a brownish basal 

 suffusion. Markings as in ^ . The red form closely resembles 

 ^ on both surfaces, the sepia form has whitish spots on the hind 

 margin of h.-w. and on the underside the f.-w. apex, and the 

 ground-colour of the h.-w, are greenish ochreous. The whitish 

 form is almost without the brown basal suffusion on the under- 

 side and the ground-colour is like that of the upperside. 



A pe7'iphanes, f. heni. 



This form was described by Bethune-Baker as a new species 

 (L c). It is characterised by the absence of the subapical 

 black in the f.-w. The § may be of the sepia form, or 

 dull red. 



A. periphanes, f. melaina. PI. Ill, f. 10 (^J). 



Differs from typical examples in having a heavy black basal 

 suffusion in both wings. The h.-w. margin is broad with only 

 a trace of pale spots, in the ^ it radiates into the discal area, and 

 in the 9 ^^^ ^ more regular though suffused inner edge and 

 is widest (about 4'5 mm.) at Ic and 2. The 9 ? present the 

 same variations of ground-colour as the t^ ^ . 



A. periphanes, f. umida. PI. Y, f. 7 ( J ). 



In this form the basal suffusion and h.-w. margin are as heavy 

 as in the melaina form but the apices of f.-w. are not at all 

 or only slightly blackened, though the ends of the nervules 

 are distinctly black. The discal spots are usually larger than 

 in the type form. The 9 9 present the same variations of 

 ground-colour as do those of the typical form. 



