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band, widest about first median nervule, not reaching submdia 

 nervure, narrowing to costa (where it is tinged with white), and inter- 

 rupted on first subcostal nervule, — its lower outer edge not far before 

 anal angle ; a row of seven or eight sublunulate, blue spots near and 

 parallel to hind-margin ; beyond it, bordering margin, a row of partly- 

 contiguous, thin, bluish lunules, becoming thinner and almost obsolete 

 towards costa ; two short black tails, rather slender, at extremities of 

 first and third median nervules respectively, the latter the longer of the 

 two. Under side. — Pale, glistening, olivaccous-ochreoiis, with thin, hlue- 

 hlack, white-edged, transverse strim. Fore-iving : in discoidal cell three 

 transverse striae, and a fourth parallel stria, less distinct, just beyond 

 extremity of cell ; two similar strige heloiv cell, short, transverse, one 

 above, the other below, first median nervule, the latter a little before 

 the former ; the position of the inner row of blue spots on upper side 

 is indicated by an olivaceous-whitish externally ill-defined band, inter- 

 rupted on third median nervule, and edged internally by a blue-back, 

 white-bordered streak ; in outer row of spots, the two first are white as 

 on upper side, the remainder ochreous-yellow or whitish tinged with 

 that hue, the two last large and lunular, surrounded with blackish, 

 which, on their outer edge, forms a large conspicuous spot, violet-edged 

 externally ; hind-margin faintly stained with dull yellow. Hind-wing : 

 near base two irregular, transverse, blue-black, white-edged striEB, 

 commencing near costa, and extending to median nervure ; a similarly 

 coloured stria inwardly bounds a rather narrow, irregular, olivaceous- 

 whitish stripe from costa beyond middle to inner margin a little before 

 anal angle ; this irregular stripe being bounded externally by some ill- 

 defined, dull-yellowish, on both sides fuscous- bordered lunulate mark- 

 ings ; bordering hind-margin a row of lunular, violet, inwardly white- 

 edged spots, becoming very indistinct towards costa, and immediately 

 preceding a row of indistinct, contiguous, dull-yellow lunules ; tails 

 brownish. 



$ Blach, with a deep purple reflection ; spots on fore-wing large and 

 white, hand on hind-wing pale-yellow. Fore-wing : spots of inner row 

 pure white, connected so as to form an obliquely transverse stripe inter- 

 rupted on third median, and extending to first median nervule ; the 

 three spots that continue the row to inner margin small and creamy- 

 yellow, and seeming to belong more to the outer row of spots, though 

 the first of the three is half white ; in outer row the first two are pure 

 white and rather lai'ge, the third white tinged with yellow, and the 

 remaining spots wholly creamy-yellow ; only the two lowest of the 

 hind-marginal spots distinct, ochre-yellow. Hind-wing : median band 

 broader in proportion than in ^, except close to costa, soft creamy- 

 yellow, in some specimens nearly touching anal angle ; row of lunular 

 spots of a purer blue than in $ ; row of contiguous lunules on margin 

 creamy-ycllo'W, conspicuous ; tails similar to those of ^, but propor- 

 tionately longer. Under side. — Similar to ^, but greyer and more 



