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discocellulars, the inner one continued downwards to vein 1 and 

 both represented at the costa by two detached spots ; two parallel 

 discal fasciae, the inner one broken at and the outer one terminating 

 on vein 3 ; two parallel subterminal fasciae, the outer one slightly 

 lunular ; lastly, a more slender terminal fascia followed by an 

 anticiliary slender black line ; the dorsal margin narrowly white ; 

 cilia brownish black, their bases white in the interspaces. Hind 

 wing : crossed by nine white fasciae or lines as follows : three 

 between base of wing and apex of cell, those posteriorly in inter- 

 space 1 or on vein 1 abruptly turn upwards and terminate on 

 the clorsum ; the first fascia beyond the cell extends from vein. 6 

 to vein 2, then curves upwards in interspace 1 ; the next extends 

 straight from just below the costa to vein 4, thus overlapping the 

 previous fascia for a short distance ; the next or postdiscal fascia 

 runs between the costa and vein 3, the subterminal two also 

 between the costa and veia 3 but the inner one of the two fasciae is 

 extended down to interspace 1 and there curves upwards towards 

 the dorsurn ; both the subterminal fasciae are more or less lunular; 

 in the interspace below vein 2 is a large subterminal black spot 

 speckled with metallic blue scales and bordered inwardly by ochra- 

 ceous orange ; there are also in interspaces la and 1 two black dots 

 inwardly edged by a short white striga set in an ochraceous back- 

 ground ; lastly, there is a complete terminal white line followed by 

 a black anticiliary line and a filamentous short black white-tipped 

 tail at apex of vein 2 ; cilia as on the upperside. Antennae brownish 

 black, the shafts as usual tinged with white ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen pale brown, bluish on thorax and base of abdomen; 

 beneath : the palpi, thorax and abdomen white, the third joint of 

 the palpi and the second joint anteriorly black. . Upperside : 

 ground-colour paler than in the c? , often quite white ; terminal 

 black edging to fore wing very much broader, broadest at apex, 

 its margin there diffuse. Hind wing : differs from that of the c? 

 as follows : costal margin broadly dusky black ; a postdiscal 

 transverse series of dusky -black connected lunules often more or 

 less obsolescent ; this is followed by a series of black spots each 

 set in a background of the white ground-colour ; an anticiliary 

 slender black line as in the c? . Underside : ground-colour paler 

 than in the d 1 , the markings however, precisely similar. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen as in the c? . 



Wet-season brood. J . Closely resembles the tf $ of the dry- 

 season brood : the markings are similar but the ground-colour is 

 generally darker both on the upper and undersides, while the 

 black edging to the fore wing and the black postdiscal and 

 terminal markings to the hind wing on the upperside are broader 

 and more clearly defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 as in the dry-season brood. 



Exp. c? $ 28-40 mm. (1-10-1-56"). 



Hab. Throughout our limits, except in the most desert tracts, 

 and at elevations over 6000 feet. 



A very variable form both in the ground-colour and in the 



