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middle, two dentate, brown, transverse streaks, from costal to inner- 

 marginal edge, enclose a pale clay-brown, rather broad band, usually 

 irregularly-varied with dark- or ferruginous-brown, and containing 

 more or less distinct traces of a row of five ocelli, consisting of blackish 

 dots in brown rings, situate between second subcostal and first median 

 nervules ; hind-margin bordered with a lunulate line, slightly darker 

 than the ground-colour. 



^ Differs but slightly from ^ ; not so black in ground-colour. Fore- 

 loing : red striae in cell paler, duller, but larger and more distinct ; 

 two ocelli larger, more conspicuous. Hind-wing : hlue s^M not so 

 brilliant, often micch smcdler ; ocellate spots large, very conspicuous. 

 Under side. — Forc-iving : blue and red transverse streaks crossing 

 discoidal cell prolonged almost to submedian nervure ; apical markings 

 more distinct. Ilind-'wing : usually more strongly marked ; ocelli in 

 band more conspicuous. 



The under-side colouring is subject to much variation, being some- 

 times pale-creamy or tinged with grey, with the markings very dis- 

 tinct, while other individuals have a faint dull-reddish hue with the 

 markings rather obscure. Specimens, usually females, occur in which 

 a smooth uniform greyish-argillaceous tint prevails, leaving only very 

 faint indications of the characteristic markings. 



Larva. — Dark purplish-grey, with strong, short, steely-blue spines. 

 Head larger than second segment, hairy, deeply notched at vertex, 

 bearing two short horns or processes ; a small yellow triangular spot 

 in middle of forehead. Second segment constricted, slightly tufted 

 anteriorly, its lower half bright-yellow, with a yellow spine on each 

 side just above the leg. Third and fourth segments with similar 

 yellow-spines, as well as four steely-blue ones. Fifth to tenth segments 

 each with seven spines, eleventh with eight, four on anal segment. A 

 white interrupted streak above spiracles, from fifth to twelfth segment ; 

 behind each spine in the row just above it a round white dot ; a narrow 

 lateral white stripe immediately above the legs. Dorsal stripe (of two 

 narrow sinuate lines) darker than ground-colour, but thickly irrorated 

 with minute lighter dots ; ring about base of each spine similarly 

 marked. Under side paler. A thick larva in proportion to its length. 



Pupa. — Umber-brown, dai'ker on the back. Several of the small 

 pointed tubercular spots on the thorax and abdomen shining-golden in 

 some lights. 



Duration of pupal state (January 1870), sixteen days. 



Tlie above characters of larva and pupa are drawn up from a description 

 and drawing of Natalian examples made by Captain H. C. Harford. I have 

 also careful pencil-drawings of similar specimens by Mr. W. D. Gooch, in 

 which the head of the larva is represented as smaller than shown by Captain 

 Harford. J. Clelia is readily recognised from /. Cehrene by its want of the 

 warm yellow-ochreous patches on the upper side. It is more nearly related to 

 J. Boojns, Trim., but is at once distinguished by presenting in tlie hind-wings 

 only a rounded large blue spot (like that of Cehrene) instead of a wide area of 



