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interspaces ; dorsum somewhat broadly dusky brown. Underside : 

 dull whitish. Pore wing : basal half of costa shaded with brown ; 

 a streak from base between vein 12 and the subcostal vein, an 

 inwardly oblique, very broad, lunular subbasal spot, a spot on the 

 discocellulars, a transverse discal band, a transverse subterminal 

 series of inwardly conical spots and a slender anticiliary line, dark 

 brown ; the transverse discal band is maculate and broken, its 

 anterior portion to vein 3 outwardly oblique, its posterior portion 

 below vein 3 shifted well inwards and nearly vertical ; the costa 

 above vein 12, a postdiscal transverse irregular cloud verv broad 

 anteriorly, narrow and faint posteriorly, and a transverse inner sub- 

 terminal lunular line, pale brown. Hind wing: the humeral edge 

 of the precostal area, two or three basal spots, a transverse subbasal 

 line of four spots, a transverse spot on the discocellulars, with above 

 it in vertical order two coalescent spots, a transverse curved macular 

 discal baud, an inner, subterminal, lunular, continuous broad band, 

 a subterminal series of spots and an anticiliary line, brown ; the 

 basal and subbasal markings, the anterior of the two spots above 

 the discocellular spot, and the posterior four subterminal spots 

 very dark brown, almost black. The discal band has on either side 

 of it posterior shorter rnacuiar bands, that give it an irregular and 

 ill-defined appearance, while the two spots nearest the costa of the 

 inner markings are very large and prominent. Cilia of both fore 

 and hind wings brown. Antennse, head, thorax and abdomen 

 brown, the thorax slightly purplish in fresh specimens, the shafts 

 of the antenna ringed with white; beneath: palpi, thorax and 

 abdomen dingy brownish-white. $ . Upperside : brown. Fore 

 wing : the costal and terminal margins, and the area below the 

 basal half of the cell of a darker brown than the ground-colour ; 

 an irregular transverse posterior discal series of dark brown spots, 

 between which and the dark basal area on the inner side and 

 between it and the broad dark terminal band on the outer side the 

 ground-colour is replaced by dingy white. Hind wing : a post- 

 discal series of white spots, and a subterminal series of inwardly 

 conical very dark brown spots, the posterior spots of which are 

 edged narrowly both on the inner and outer sides with white. Both 

 fore and hind wings with slender black anticiliary lines. Under- 

 side : ground-colour a purer white than in the d ; markings 

 similar but all narrower and more clearly defined. Antenna?, 

 head, thorax and abdomen brown, of a paler shade than in the J , 

 the thorax not purplish ; beneath : palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 white. 



Exp. 6 $ 35-39 mm. (1-37-1-52"). 



Hob. Sikhim. 



A variable form, especially the females. A specimen of the 

 latter in the collection of the British Museum has on the upper- 

 side the bases of both fore and hind wings suffused with dull blue, 

 the white area on the fore wing of a purer shade and more 

 extensive ; the hind wing has the whole of the disc between the 

 basal suffusion of blue and the terminal markings white. On the 



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