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spots as in the male, the anterior two superposed on the pale spots ; 

 terminal margin below vein 4 with double, above vein 4 with single, sub- 

 terminal line. Underside : ground-colour paler on the basal, very much paler 

 ■on the terminal half ; markings as on upperside but fascke on fore and 

 hindwings broader, more diffuse. Exp. 41 — 52 mm. 



A variable insect. In the dry season the purple gloss on the upperside of 

 male is hardly present, the fascise are more diffuse, the black spots smaller 

 ■or rarely quite wanting ; the underside is paler. In the female the colour is 

 also paler, the contrast between base and outer half of wings more pronoun- 

 ced, the discal fascia on underside very broad, often nearly white : indeed 

 1 it is often white even on the upperside. 



Larva (PI. I, fig. 12). — The shape of the larva is onisciform, depressed-, 

 looking, highest at middle or a little anteriorly to it, broadest at middle, 

 •considerably narrowing towards both ends, segment 2 and segment 12 being 

 about the same width ; ventrum fiat. The larva is distinctly lycoenid in 

 type. Head only semi-hidden, roundish, flattened on face with some few 

 dark, erect hairs ; light green in colour. Segment 3 a little wider than, and 

 ■embracing slightly, segment 2 at the sides ; anal segment very convex and 

 narrow (in sense of larval width), rounded at extremity. Segments all well 

 marked and very slightly flanged dorsoventrally. Surface of body covered 

 with tiny, transparent tubercles all over, circular and looking like drops of 

 liquid ; segment 2 fringed along margin with long, porrect, light hairs some- 

 what densely ; segments 3 and 4 with a subdorsal and lateral bunch of 4 

 ■dark, long, erect hairs ; segments 5 — 12 with a similar subdorsal bunch to 

 segment 3, but with a single hair instead of the lateral bunch ; each segment 

 has, besides, a subspiracular line of long, light, straight hairs ; anal segment 

 has many white and brown singly disposed hairs. Spiracles are whitish, 

 oval in shape and of ordinary size. Colour of body is light olive-green with 

 the dorsum of each segment, except segment 2, between dark-green, lateral 

 lines reaching the whole length of larva, white ; a dark-green dorsal line, 

 along the edges of which the white is suffused with green ; a lateral dark 

 green, roundish depression on segments 5 — 12 ; the dorsoventral line 

 whitish ; ventrum green. L: 18 - 5 mm. ; B: 5 mm. ; H: 4 mm. 



Pupa. (PL I, fig. 12ft.) — Shape rhomboid, equilateral ; a diamond in fact, 

 the breadth at middle, the broadest part, being a little more than ^rd the 

 total length. Head square, running out into a flat ledge in front, the 

 •contour of which is rounded with a square piece cut out of centre to the 

 •depth of the ledge, i.e., there is a point in front of each eye somewhat 

 flattened on top, rounded on outer side and straight on inner side. The 

 anal end is sharply pointed : really minutely truncated at extremity of 

 cremaster. The two lateral angles of the diamond are rounded. Segment 

 2 and front slope of segment 3 are in the same plane ; the latter segment 

 •or thorax is somewhat humped, evenly convex from shoulder to shoulder, 



