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colour just below third median nervule) ; from near apex to above 

 submedian a discal row of six small black spots, the lower three of 

 which are in the yellow band just beyond its middle line ; the first and 

 second of the row are white-centred (the latter conspicuously), and the 

 sixth accompanied inferiorly by a black dot ; costa near base scaled 

 with ferruginons-rufous ; in discoidal cell three black-edged irregular 

 strife, of which the basal one is rufous-tinged and imperfect, the central 

 one distiuctly rufous in its upper portion, and the outer one of the 

 srround-colour defining extremity of cell ; along hind-margin two very 

 indistinct paler lunulated stride, the inner rather more apparent than 

 the outer, being slightly dusted with whitish. Hind-v:ing : band com- 

 mencing narrowly on costa, but suddenly broadening between subcostal 

 nervules, and continuing widely almost to inner margin beyond middle ; 

 it is rather paler than ia fore-wing, but similarly contains exteriorly a row 

 of small black spots, all six of which are conspicuous on the ochre-yellow; 

 hind-margiual lunulated strise rather more distinct than in fore-wing, 

 especiallv near anal angle, where they are sprinkled with bluish-white 

 scales continuous of those which cover the long anal-angular projection ; 

 hind-margin distinctly edged with rufous-ochreous. Cilia very narrow, 

 dull-brown generally, but white just below projection of fore -wing. 

 U>"DER SIDE. — Varied with ferruginous-brown and pale ochre-yellow ; a 

 conspicv.o'as iw.tch of the loiter in fore-v'ing on costal liorder heyond middle ; 

 the submarginal lunulated stria lilac-white, sufiTused; the small black spots 

 of discal row all white-centred except the fourth and fifth of the fore- 

 winor ; a dark-brown streak cur^^Jlg inwardly commences sufiusedly on 

 subapical projection of fore-wing and runs to anal-angular projection of 

 hiad-wing. 



$ Closely resembles ^. Fore-vAag : costa narrowly sufi"used with 

 ochreous throughout, the ferruginous-rufous towards base and in disco- 

 cellular striae more distinct than in ^ ; third spot of discal row (as well 

 as first and second) white-centred. Hind-v:ing : third spot of discal row 

 minutely white-centred. U>T)ER side. — That of one example marked 

 as in ^, and with the pale-ochreous patch of fore- wing very conspicuous, 

 hut I'Ath bronzy greenish-grey replacing the ferruginoas-lrroirn, and the 

 common dark stripe very strongly marked ; while that of a second 

 example is %rholly pale-ferrvjginous with violaceous and bronzy reflec- 

 tions, with the common streak and the discal spots faintly marked 

 in dvll creo.rn-colour. In outline of fore-wing the subapical projection 

 is very long and dusted with bluish-white, while in the ^ it is quite 

 short and vdthout irroration. 



In colouring and marking this species bears a very strong resem- 

 blance to P. Elgiva (Hewits.), but is at once distiuguishable (i) by the 

 hind-wings presenting a row of simple black spots of small size on the 

 upper side instead of the multicoloured ocelli, and (2) by the deep 

 indentation of the ochre-yellow band of the fore- wing on its inner side. 

 In outline, P. Tugela has the projections of the wings in both sexes 



