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little before apex, from costa to second subcostal nervule, a large elon- 

 gate fuscous marking, leaving two white siDOts between it and the 

 submarginal streak ; immediately beneath and slightly beyond this 

 marking an obscure fuscous red-centred pale-yellow-ringed ocellus ; 

 below this some greyish irroration, extending to anal angle, but inter- 

 rupted between second and first median nervule by a conspicuous red, 

 blue-pupilled, black-clouded, yellow-and-black ringed ocellus; the trace 

 of a faint grey line from costa, about middle, straight to before anal 

 angle or inner margin, where it becomes darker but sufiused. Under 

 SIDE. — Duller, iridescence much fainter, xery thinly irrorateel with fus- 

 cous, excejJt about a central hand ; the fuscous markings only indicated 

 by a greyer tint ; near bases a common double transverse irregular 

 stria (indistinct in hind-wing) from costal nervure of fore-wing to sub- 

 median nervure of hind-wing ; also a common fuscous streak from first 

 median nervule of fore-wing to inner margin near anal angle of hind- 

 wing. Forc-iving : a very short, thin transverse stria in cell close to 

 base ; a double stria, closing cell, from costa to below first median 

 nervule, where its outer edge joins the common fuscous streak ; fuscous 

 spots near hind-margin and posterior angle represented by tAvo imper- 

 fect fuscous ocelli in white rings ; another similar (or more imperfect) 

 ocellus near subapical projection. Uind-uiny : the two ocelli equally 

 distinct and well coloured, but the lower one the larger; anal-angular 

 termination of submarginal streak enlarged and conspicuously fuscous, 



^ Lile the male, hut with all the fuscous marlxings hroader. Fore- 

 wing : basal grey ill defined or almost obsolete ; common fuscous 

 streak of under side usually more or less distinctly marked, inter- 

 rupted, commencing on subcostal nervure a little beyond cell, and 

 sharply angulated on third median nervule ; an additional small white 

 spot immediately beyond the first in apical fuscous ; the two large 

 black discal spots usually so sufiusedly increased as to be confluent 

 with the hind-marginal fuscous, and so enclosing three or four whitish 

 spots. Hind-wing : the common streak distinct ; other markings 

 much as in male ; the npper ocellus more obscured with fuscous. 

 Under side. — Fuller, much more closely irrorateel than in mcde, inclin- 

 ing to yellowish {in one example, very pale sa7idy-lirownish), Hind-iuing : 

 the ocelli remarkably smaller, rather ovate than circular, much duller 

 in colouring. 



The subapical projection of the fore-wing is considerably longer 

 in the female than in the male. 



This butterfly is nearly related to S. Anacardii, L. It is dis- 

 tinguished by its smaller size (especially in the male, where this is 

 very remarkable) ; white, instead of greenish, ground-colour ; much 

 duller iridescence, and great development of the dark markings, espe- 

 cially in the apical area of the fore-wings ; while the under side is 

 conspicuously duller and less metallic, more irrorated, without white 

 variegation, and with uncoloured and almost obsolete ocelli in the fore- 



