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branches blackish, the shaft tinged Avith pink ; fore coxse and 

 femora above crimson, tibiic striped with tuscous ; abdomen crimson 

 above, whitish below, with dorsal series of black spots and lateral 

 and some sublateral points. Fore wing white tinged with pink ; a 

 narrow crimson fascia on costa ; a black fascia below the c<'ll from 

 before middle to extremity, continued below vein 4 to its middle ; 

 a short subterminal streak above vein 5, Hind wing nearly pure 

 white, sometimes with black discoidal spot, and subterminal spot 

 above vein 5. 



Ab. 1. flora. Fore wiug with the fascia reduced to very short 



streaks or points below end of cell, the streak above vein 5 absent ; 



antemedial points above vein 1 and below cell sometimes present. 



Ab. 2. Ground-colour of fore wing nearly pure white. — N. India. 



(rt) candidula. Fore wing with the fascia below the cell as in 



typical form. 

 (6) puitctistrvja. Fore wing with the fascia reduced as in 



jiora. 

 ((•) ruhricosta. Fore wing with one point at lower angle of 

 cell only. 

 Ab. 3. All the red replaced by orange ; fore wing tinged with 

 ochreous. 



(rt) Fore wing with bi-oad fascia below the cell and streaks 



above veins 3, 4, 5. — Assam. 

 (h) Fore wing with point ab lower angle of cell only. — 

 Kashmir. 

 Hah. Kashmir, 2 J ; N.W. Himalayas, Simla (Harford), 3 J ; 

 Punjab, type $ strir/ata, Manipur, 1 (5,1 5 , type ruhricosta, Kulu 

 (6r. Young), 2 d; ISTepal, 2 (S type candidula; Assam, 2 § ; N. 

 India, 1 5 type punctistri<ja ; Calcutta, 1 $ ; Kutch, 1 J , 1 § ; 

 Bombay, 2 d , 2 $ type Jlora ; India {Mrs. Hamilton), type dimi- 

 nuta ; Jubbulpoee, 4 S ,2 $ ; Belgatjm, 1 S ; Mysore, IShimoga 

 {Watson), 1 c?; CoiMBATORE {]Valhouse),l J,l $; Travancoke 

 {Fellows- Wilson), 1 $ ; Ceylon (Nictner, Yerhury), 4 ,5,3 5 , type 

 emittens. E.vj}., S 30, 5 38 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennse of male serrate. 



A. TeguliB edged with scarlet or abnonually with orange. 



a. Fore wing with postmedial series of black spots ... cotstalis. 



b. Fore wing without postmedial series of black 



spots. 

 a^. Fore wing with broad black-brown streaks on 



t h e V e iJi s gnu gar a. 



i\ Fore wing without streaks on the reins. 

 d^. Abdomen scarlet. 



a'. IIin<l wing with the termen yellow jlavimargo. 



P. Hind wing witli the fcermen not yellow. 



ft'. Abdomen wilJi dor.siil black bands collaris. 



i'. Abdomen with dorsal black spots. 



a*. Fore wing wilii black spot at upper 



angle of cell cardinalis. 



A'. Fore wing without black spot at upper 



angle of cell marginata ab. 



