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of the wing, separated from the outer end of the discoidal cell by about 

 three millemeters' length of the ground-colour, not reaching the outer 

 margin between the first subcostal and discoidal nervules^ anteriorly 

 bounded by the first subcostal nervule, anterior to which is a blue- 

 green lunule, the patch rapidly attenuated to the second median 

 nervule, beyond which it is continued to ' the abdominal margin 

 anterior to the red subanal ocellus by a narrow green curved line; the 

 subanal ocellus large, oval, dragon's-blood-red coloured, bearingante- 

 riorly a thin bluish-purple line, with a large central oval black spot , 

 three prominent submarginal green lunules extending one in each 

 interspace from the discoidal to the first median nervule. Tail long; 

 rather narrow, slightly constricted anteriorly^ sprinkled throughout 

 with rich greeii-coloured scales. Cilia black, white at the iuter- 

 spacal incisures. Underside, hoth wings deep black. Forewing 

 with the anterior half of the cell and the costal area sparsely 

 sprinkled with ochreous scales ; a broad discal white fascia crossed 

 by the black veins and internervular folds, commencing widely on the 

 costa, rapidly attenuating to the anal angle, reaching almost to the 

 outer margin anteriorly, but posteriorly separated from it by about 

 two millimeters. Bindtcing with the basal half of the wing sparsely 

 sprinkled with ochreous scales ; three submarginal ocelli like the sub- 

 anal one on the upperside, one in the costal interspace, and one each 

 in the first median and submedian interspaces ; placed between these 

 are four red lunules, one in each interspace, inwardly defined by a 

 thin bluish-purple line. Tail sparsely sprinkled with dull greenish 

 scales. AntenncB black. Head, thorax and abdomen black, sprinkled 

 thickly with rich green scales. 



This species belongs to the group of P. paris, Linneeus, from 

 which and also from P.tamilana, Moore, and P. arjuna, Horsfield, 

 it may be instantly distinguished by the large blue-green discal 

 patch on the upperside of the hindwing having its inner edge 

 straighter, the patch more attenuated posteriorly, and especially 

 by its being well separated from the outer end of the cell, in 

 all those species it estends into it; the three submarginal green 

 lunules are also much more prominent in P. discoidia; the red area 

 of the subanal ocellus is again much larger, the central oval black 

 portion half the size consequently. The forewing agrees best with 



