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nearly parallel to apical margin, in 7, 6, and 5, rarely a spot near 

 base of 4 and of 3. A spot at base of area 2, followed by a spot 

 in Ic slightly more proximally placed, and a third in lb slightly 

 more distal than that in 2. A spot in 9, one in 8 against pre- 

 costal, a subbasal in 7, two (occasionally three) spots in cell, the 

 second above origin of nervnle 2. A medium sized spot followed 

 by a linear mark (sometimes confluent) on upper part of dis- 

 cocellulars. A basal and a subbasal in Ic. A basal streak and 

 a subbasal spot in lb and two spots in la. 



Head black with a whitish dot between the eyes, and two 

 on the collar. Thorax black above with indications of paler 

 markings. Abdomen black above with lateral yellowish spots. 

 Claws unequal. 



$, Expanse 56-64 mm. F.-w. more rounded than in ,^ ^ 

 Costa sepia dusted with red, apex dusted with sepia (about 

 4 mm. deep) hind margin dusted with sepia, inner margin with 

 red. Nearly the whole of remainder of wing more or less thinly 

 scaled with red but showing a wide range of individual variation 

 in extent and depth of colour. In some examples the red colour 

 predominates, whilst in others it is much broken up by a broad 

 dusky scaling of the nervules. There is usually a patch of black- 

 ish scaling in cell near middle, and another on end of cell. In 

 areas 4, 6, and 6 there is often a tendency to the formation of 

 whitish subapical streaks, whilst in one example before me the 

 red scaling is divided in the discal area by an oblique transverse 

 band of blackish thus leaving an outer submarginal row of rather 

 indefinite red spots which become gradually paler in colour as. 

 they apjjroach the apex. 



H.-w. red, in fresh examples only a little duller than in $ . 

 Very little grey basal suffusion. The blackish hind-marginal 

 border usually narrower than in $ but produced inwardly much 

 further, on and between the nervules. 



On the underside, in the f.-w. the dusky areas are replaced by 

 ochreous, on which the nervules and rays are brown. 



The h.-w. is slightly brownish ochreous, the basal area and 

 marginal border only a little darker. The internervular rays 

 often do not quite reach the margin. The black spots are as in 

 (^ but usually have an elongated appearance as though they had 

 "run" in the direction of the nervules. They are also further 

 apart than in the $ , the three outer spots in 7, 6, and 5, being 

 often very distally placed. The spots in areas 4 and 3 are 

 almost invariably present. It is almost impossible to give a 

 satisfactory description of so variable an insect, but perhaps- 



