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The two species may be readily distinguished as follows : — 

 <J. Underside, ground colour brownish-black. bolina. 



„ „ „ tawny-ochreous. misippus. 



$ . Upperside, „ „ brownish-black, bolina. 



„ ,, ,, tawny-ochreous. misippus. 



H. bolina, L. $ Upperside glossy black. Forewing with an oval 

 shining blue, white centred, patch beyond the cell, the veins crossing 

 it black. Two conjoined white spots near apex and a submarginal series 

 of from 5 to 6 minute white dots. Hindwing with an oval central 

 patch as in the forewing but larger and a postmedian series of 4 to 

 5 minute white dots. 



The cilia of both wings brown, white-tipped on the veins. 



Underside brown ; forewing with some minute white spots on the 

 costal vein near the base, 2 slightly larger on the upper margin of the 

 cell. The oval patch of the upperside represented by 3 slender white 

 streaks between the veins — or in wet season forms barely traceable. The 

 subapical spots of the upperside smaller and in wet season forms reduced 

 to small dots. The submarginal series of dots more prominent and a 

 marginal series of white patches between the veins generally only 

 prominent towards the anal angle where they are crossed by a brown 

 line. 



Hindwing. — The central patch represented by a tolerably broad 

 white band, the veins crossing it brown. The patch, however, is very 

 variable and in wet season forms often hardly traceable. The post- 

 median series of dots more prominent and the space beyond them mere 

 or less suffused with white between the veins and crossed by brown 

 subterminal and terminal lines. 



9 Upperside glossy brown ; paler towards the outer margin. Fore- 

 wing with 2 suffused bluish spots on the costa above the cell and traces 

 of an oblique series between the veins beyond the cell, only the upper 

 two of which are as a rule traceable and in dry forms may be represent- 

 ed merely by two whitish spots without any blue sheen. Two sub- 

 apical white spots and a series of submarginal white spots, more 

 prominent towards the anal angle. The space beyond them whitish 

 between the veins, more markedly so towards anal angle, and crossed by 

 terminal and subterminal brown lines. Hindwing with a post median 

 series of white spots and almost the whole of the space beyond them 

 suffused with whitish, crossed by brown subterminal and terminal lines. 



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