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cellular nervules ; seven spots in irregular discal row, of which the fifth 

 and sixth are largest, the first (near costa) usually indistinct, and the 

 seventh (on inner margin beyond middle) often wanting ; costa edged 

 with black, which widens into a broad apical and hind-marginal border 

 containing seven spots of the ground-colour ; this border gradually nar- 

 rowing to a thin edging at posterior angle, its inner edge radiating on 

 the nervules, but leaving the last two spots confluent with the discal 

 ground-colour ; between upper spots of discal row and hind-margin 

 some more or less distinct whitish scaling ; base narrowly clouded with 

 black, which emits a ray along inner margin. Hincl-uiing : no black 

 spot on disco-cellular nervule, but one in cell near extremity ; before 

 middle a spot between costal and subcostal nervures ; seven spots in 

 irregular discal row, the last two of which are the largest ; hind-mar- 

 ginal border moderately broad, somewhat narrower towards anal angle, 

 more or less radiating inwardly on nervules, and enclosing eight sub- 

 Innulate spots rather paler than the ground-colour or (sometimes) 

 whitish-yellow ; basal black rather deeply piercing cell and extending 

 widely below median nervure to rather beyond origin of first nervule ; 

 inner margin beyond middle tinged with whitish- yellow in those speci- 

 mens in which the hind-marginal spots are of that hue. Under side. — 

 Hind-icing and costal edging and apical area of fore-wing lohitish-yellow ; 

 nervules strongly clouded with black near margin. Fore-wing : spots 

 as on upper side ; along hind-margin, between apex and first median 

 nervule, a series of more or less conspicuous inter-nervular short ful- 

 vous rays. Hind-wing: spots as on upper side, but larger, those of 

 discal row often contiguous ; below median nervure a transverse stripe 

 of three contiguous spots extends to inner margin, almost touching the 

 eighth (additional) spot of discal row ; base marked with two rather 

 large pink spots, edged with black ; immediately before discal spots a 

 row of pink spots, indistinct or obsolete near costa, but large and con- 

 spicuous towards inner margin ; spots of hind-marginal border whitish- 

 yellow, and so much larger than on upper side as to reduce the black 

 to a linear external and narrow internal edging ; before the border 

 soTue very faint inter-nervular fulvous rays. In both wings the basal 

 black is wanting, but the costa near base is marked with a small dis- 

 tinct black spot. 



$ Semi-transparent gregish-ochrcous ; the hind-iving more or less 

 tinged with p)ale fulvous; an indistinct yellowish-white oblique bar 

 outwardly bounding three upper spots of discal row ; black of hind- 

 marginal borders duller, rather broader. Fore-wing : occasionally a 

 minute elongate spot before middle, below median nervure. Hind- 

 wing : sometimes a minute spot on disco-cellular nervule. Under 

 SIDE. — Yellowish colouring paler ; inter-nervular rays obsolete, or 

 nearly so ; pink markings of hind-wing duller, especially discal ones, 

 which are sometimes obsolete. 



Var. a. (^ and ^). — Both umigs (hut especially fore-wing) much 



