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bluish-white spots that are variable in number ; the spot in 

 interspace 3 shifted inwards ; sometimes the posterior two spots 

 of the series are all but joined on to the streaks of the ground- 

 colour between the veins. Hind wing: dorsal and costal margins 

 broadly whitish : terminal margin broadly black, especially at 

 apex, the black area covered, except at the tornus, with specia- 

 lized opaque-looking scales. Underside : paler blue, the terminal 

 margins of the wings obscurely fuscous, traversed by a subter- 

 iniual, very indistinct, transverse series of whitish lunulated spots. 

 Fore wing: the veins more or less broadly bordered with 

 black, this edging broadened towards the termen ; apex broadly, 

 terminal margin decreasiugly to the tornus, suffused with a 

 somewhat obscure pearly-white lustre. Hind wing: the sub- 

 costal vein and veins 6, 7, and 8 broadly, the rest of the veins 

 very narrowly edged with black ; a very fine black line in inter- 

 space 1. Cilia of both fore and hind wings very narrow and 

 white. Antennae black, head, thorax and abdomen fuscous, the 

 thorax clothed with long bluish hairs ; beneath : the palpi, thorax 

 and abdomen pale silvery bluish-white. $ . .First Form. Upper- 

 side : black ; the markings bluish white. Fore wing : cell with 

 two streaks, the anterior one from the extreme base, the posterior 

 one from the end of the basal third, but extending beyond the 

 anterior streak ; below and beyond the cell is a series of streaks 

 in the interspaces ; the streaks very irregular in length, that in 

 interspace 1 the longest, angulated anteriorly and divided longi- 

 tudinally from near its base, the streak in interspace 3 short and 

 broad forming an elongate spot, those in the anterior interspaces 

 more or less obliquely placed ; beyond these streaks follows a 

 subterminal transverse series of spots, of which the spot in inter- 

 space 3 is shifted inwards and those opposite the apex curved 

 backwards. Hind wing : costa and dorsum broadly white ; cell 

 and the interspaces beyond with a series of streaks and sub- 

 terminal spots, more or less as in the fore wing but more regular j 

 the streak in cell and interspace 1 divided longitudinally, the 

 subterminal series of spots evenly curved. Underside : similar to 

 the upperside, but the ground-colour dull, dusky and diffuse, the 

 markings broader but less clearly defined ; the apical area on 

 the fore wing obscured by a powdering of whitish scales. An- 

 tennae, head, thorax and abdomen much as in the d" but darker. 

 Second Form. Very like the first, the markings both on the upper 

 and under sides similar, but the ground-colour on the upperside 

 of the hind wing at base of interspace 1 a, over the whole of 

 interspace 1, area of cell and at base of interspace 2 suffused 

 with bright yellow. On the underside the same areas are dull 

 ochraceous. The extent of the bright yellow colour on the upper- 

 side and of the dull ochraceous tint on the underside is variable, 

 in some specimens more restricted, in others it spreads further 

 towards the costa. 



Exp. cf $ 70-80 ram. (2-76-3-48"). 



