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present it is very small. The two usual spots in area 7 are 

 apparently always present, though sometimes extremely small. 

 The maximum number in cell is three, only the second of which 

 is invariably present, and placed at or before the origin of 

 nervule 2. There seem never to be spots in areas 3 and 4, and 

 very rarely in 5. Sometimes that at base of area 2 is missing. 

 The most constant are those in Ic, lb, and la in which areas 

 there appear always to be two spots. 



Head black wdth a white dot between the eyes and two on 

 ■collar, thorax black above with pale lateral spots, abdomen 

 black above with yellowish lateral dots. Claws equal. 



$ . Expanse 46-50 mm. F.-w. more rounded than in ^ . 

 Transparent and red spots usually rather larger and all the 

 colours of both wings a trifle duller. 



H.-w. as in (^ , but the inner edge of hind-marginal border 

 rather more regularly curved. 



Underside much as in t^ with similarly variable black spots. 



A. penelo^je $ f. argentea. PI. IV, f. 8. 



General colouring paler, and the h.-w. hind-marginal border 

 broader than in typical form, and on it the short darker 

 nervule ends and rays can be distinctly seen. 



Underside. F.-w. ochreous areas replaced by silvery grey. 

 H.-w. basal portion and hind-marginal border silvery grey, 

 central area faintly pink. 



A. pendope $ f. exalbescens. 



Resembles typical $ in pattern, but all reddish areas 

 replaced by yellowish white, and the h.-w. hind-marginal 

 border as broad as in f. argentea. 



Underside. Ochreous areas replaced by yellowish white 

 rather dusky on f.-w. costa, apex, and hind margin and on 

 h.-w. basal area and hind-marginal border. 



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A. penelope $ f. penella, f, nov. PL V, f. 3. 



F.-w. Basal half reddish brown slightly blackened at base, 

 and about end of cell. Apex and hind margin brownish black 

 tending to reddish towards hind angle. From subcostal to 

 inner margin a broad transparent discal band divided into 

 large spots by the nervules which are slightly dusted with 

 brownish. 



H.-w. tawny red, somewhat blackened at base, the spots 

 of underside irregularly indicated. Hind margin border of 

 medium width thickly dusted with sepia, its inner edge 

 ill defined and edentate on and between the nervules. 



