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783. Poritia pediada, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiii, 1877, p. 223 

 id. III. Di. Lep. 1878, p. 218, pi. 89, figs. 21, 22, $ ; Distant, 

 Rhop. Malay. 1884, p. 200, pi. 22, fig. 16 9: Doherty (Massaga), 

 J. A. S. B. 1889, p. 430, pi. 23, fig. 15 J. 



d . Upperside : velvety black, with the following rich green 

 markings which in certain lights assume a bluish tint : Fore 

 wing : an outwardly clavate streak along the lower side of the 

 median vein ; a small spot above it in the cell ; a slender streak 

 from base in interspace 1 a that meets an oblique elongate spot in 

 the middle of interspace 1 ; a short upper discal, slightly oblique, 

 maculate band that extends from just below the costa to vein 5 

 and is divided by the black veins lastly, a transverse complete 

 subterminal series of spots, the subtornal spot large, outwardly 

 emarginate, the others smaller, subequal. Hind wing : a broad 

 streak in interspace 1 not reaching the termen, with an inden- 

 tation of the black ground-colour anteriorly at about two-thirds 

 of its length ; a postdiscal elongate spot in interspace 2, another 

 similar spot in interspace 3 and a terminal posterior series of 

 inwardly conical spots, the spot in interspace 1 with a transverse 

 spot above between it and the apex of the streak ; costal margin 

 fuscous brown ; abdominal fold paler brown. Underside : purplish 

 brown. Fore wing : a discal irregular and interrupted band of 

 pinkish-white spots ; a postdiscal, sinuate, somewhat lunular, 

 narrow, similarly coloured band followed by a terminal bright 

 ferruginous edging, the area between the postdiscal band and the 

 terminal edging much paler purplish brown posteriorly than the 

 ground-colour of the rest of the wing. Hind wing : basal third 

 darker purple-brown, the outer margin of this dark area irregular ; 

 an obscure, rufous-brown, medial, lunular band followed by a post- 

 discal, sinuate, curved dark line and a ferruginous terminal edging 

 bordered inwardly by a very slender, obscure, silvery-white line ; 

 the space between the dark basal area and the postdiscal line 

 irrorated more or less with whitish scales ; beyond the postdiscal 

 line there is on the terminal margin posteriorly a very obscure faint 

 transverse series of dark lunules. Antennae black, shafts ringed 

 with white ; head, thorax and abdomen very dark brown ; beneath : 

 the palpi, thorax and abdomen whitish ochraceous. 5 Upper- 

 side : dark plum- brown. Fore wing : uniform, immaculate. Hind 

 wing : also uniform and immaculate, except for an exceedingly 

 slender subterminal white line that extends from vein 1 to 4. 

 Cilia of both fore and hind wings brown. Underside : paler plum- 

 brown. Fore wing : dorsal area medially pale ; transverse, sinuate, 

 discal and postdiscal slender whitish bands ; the former single, 

 vertical, extended from vein 4 to dorsum : the latter double, the 

 outer line of the band very faint, the space between the inner and 

 outer lines darker than the ground-colour ; beyond this the terminal 

 margin is brighter, almost ferruginous-brown at the apices of the 

 interspaces. Hind wing : medial and dorsal areas pale, somewhat 



