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Hindwing with a broad white band across the disc, a narrower 

 macular band beyond it, and traces not always present of pale lines 

 od either side of it. 



Underside shining orange-brown, the white spots and bands as in 

 the fore wing outlined with brown. The pale wavy lines referred 

 to always distinctly shown. 



Expanse. — 1" to 2-|". A very variable insect of wide distribution. 

 The outer row of white spots of the forewing and its continuation as a 

 macular band on the hindwing is sometimes hardly traceable. (Plate 

 C, fig. 12.) 



Larva. —Cylindrical, pale green, a small dark lateral spot on 6th 

 segment ; head, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 12th segments armed with fleshy 

 spines, those on the 4th longest ; face and tips of spines pinkish. A 

 promiscuous feeder. 



Apatura periUS, L. — Upperside very similar to the last, from 

 which, however, it can be readily distinguished by the outer margins of 

 the median spot in the cell, being always distinctly traceable and by 

 the presence of a spot between veins 4 and 5 beyond the cell. 

 Wings broader, outer margin highly waved. 



Underside paler yellow, the macular band beyond the cell preceded 

 by a row of black spots in a greyish suffusion. 

 Expanse.— -2" to 2|". (Plate C, fig. 14.) 



Larva. — Cylindrical, pale green, yellowish-brown beneath, spiracles 

 and head black. Thickly covered by 2 subdorsal and 2 lateral rows of 

 brownish spines. Feeds on species of Glochidion. 



Other species not figured which the beginner might meet with in 

 a first season are, (1) A. jumbah, Mre., very similar to leucothoe, 

 but the outer macular band of the hindwings always absent ou both sides. 

 Underside rich golden brown, with a pinkish suffusion. (2) A- inara, 

 Dbld., with only a small quadrate white spot at the end of the cell 

 on the upperside, some suffused orange spots towards apex of 

 forewing, and the outer macular band of the hindwing represented 

 by a narrow orange band. (3) A. cama, Mre., with no spot in the 

 cell on the upperside and without the orange band on the hindwing 

 possessed by the last species. 



Apatura hordonia, Stoll.— Similar to leucothoe in form and gene- 

 ral superficies, but the white markings replaced by bright yellow, the 

 bands of spots have lost their macular character by fusion and become 



