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direction nearly parallel to their external edge ; near 

 the tip of each of the anterior wings there is a 

 black spot surmounted by a blue crescent : hinder 

 wings with a row of spots within the narrow black 

 line skirting the outer border. The markings on 

 the under side, in this sex, are similar to those just 

 described; but the colour is paler, and the most 

 considerable differences consist of a small transverse 

 whitish spot in the centre of each wing, and in the 

 grey waved line near the middle of the hinder 

 wings being continued round, except on the abdo- 

 minal edge. 



The female presents important differences. The 

 body is reddish -brown ; on the upper side the half 

 of the wings next the body is dark red, with a pretty 

 large angular light-coloured spot towards the centre, 

 and in the upper pair, a light-coloured bar runs 

 out from the base, and after proceeding for some 

 distance, bends towards the anterior border ; a little 

 beyond the middle, a light- coloured waved band 

 runs across all the wings, bounded by dark cho- 

 colate on its inner edge ; tips of the anterior wings 

 with a black spot partly encircled with blue ; the 

 margin itself dark buff, with a narrow zigzag black 

 line running through it ; within this, on the under 

 wings, is a row of irregular red spots. On the under 

 side the body is streaked with white; the colours 

 pale ; the angular band wanting at the base of the 

 anterior wings, and the light-coloured portions ap- 

 pearing as if sprinkled with fine grey powder. 



The following is Mr. Pcale's account of the habits 



