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without the white fringe-lunules. Hence the entire upper 

 surface of the wings is absolutely immaculate. 



Under surface of primaries velvety or silky black, less 

 dark and more glossy towards the posterior margin; within 

 the discoidalcell, at the termination of the third pseudoneurus, 

 are a few scarcely visible grey atoms ; the discal grey rays 

 enclosing the nervules are strongly defined in a slightly 

 greenish grey, rendered darker by a graduation with black 

 atoms towards the cell ; the rays between the third and fourth 

 subcostal nervules are only faint streaks of grey, and only 

 one occurs on the upperside of the third median nervule ; the 

 posterior margin almost entirely outlined by the white fringe- 

 lunules, which at the apex slightly encroach upon the costa ; 

 veins strongly defined. Secondaries a deep silky black ; the 

 abdominal fold or pouch browner, with a fringe of delicate 

 hairs as long as the width of the pouch ; the discoidal cell 

 immaculate ; between the first and second subcostal nervules 

 is a subquadrate patch of yellow atoms ; between the second 

 subcostal and third median nervules a broad discal band of 

 lemon-yellow, forming four subrectangular patches of unequal 

 length, strongly divided by the nervules, the first broadly 

 indented from the direction of the cell, sinuate without, the 

 second indented outwardly and enclosing an elongate black 

 spot, the third indented without and enclosing a slightly 

 interrupted elongate black spot, which nearly divides the 

 yellow area, the fourth lunate without and sharply indented 

 above ; viewed obliquely with a side light this yellow band 

 becomes a rich emerald-green, not unlike the green of the 

 typical Ornithoiytera ] the hind margin is without the ochreous 

 fringe-lunules. 



Head : antennje black ; eyes chestnut-brown ; haustellum 

 silky black. Prothorax with a crimson collar ; thorax above 

 velvety black, beneath deep black, with lateral crimson spots ; 

 legs black. Abdomen pale brown, bordered with piceous 

 brown ; the first segment entirely piceous brown, the subanal 

 segment also of the same colour, margined with creamy 

 white ; the anal valves creamy white, with the usual dorsal 

 l)lack termination ; laterally the abdomen is of a creamy 

 ochreous white; subdorsal slightly yellower at its junction 

 with the metathorax, more ochreous near the anal valve, the 

 first and second segments well divided by black; the lateral 

 black dots fairly large. 



The space of wing enclosed by the two branches of the 

 precostal nervure is more equal in width than is usual till it 

 reaches its junction with the subcostal nervure, when, of 

 course, it becomes narrower. This is really a very striking 



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