30 LEPIBOPTEEA IN DIG A. 



■white. Body above black ; collar and front white spotted ; palpi above black, white 

 beneath ; thorax and abdomen beneath black, spotted with white ; legs black ; fore legs 

 white beneath ; middle and hind femora white beneath ; antennae black ; eyes reddish. 



Female Polymorphic. Foreioing with the apex broader than in the male, 

 and the outer margin less irregular. Hindwing broader and less sinuous. 



First Form (Plate 198, fig. 1, b, c). Upperside paler than in male, being of an 

 olivescent fuliginous-black, palest apically ; markings of the forewing similar to male, 

 except that the two discal macular bands are reduced in size, the subapical spots slightly 

 larger, the submarginal series broader, but less defined ; the two middle portions of 

 the inner discal macular band are partly whitish speckled externally, and the lower 

 portion olivescent-blue speckled ; the lower median basal interspace, the base of the 

 cell, and the discocellular area also blue-speckled. Hindwing with broader discal, 

 submarginal and marginal markings than in male, the discal area being paler 

 ochreous-yellow, the submarginal spots partly whitish, and the marginal line white, 

 the latter with blue-speckled edges. Underside as in the male. Expanse, 3 nj inches. 



Second Form (Plate 199, fig, 1). Upperside similar to the first form, but 

 , differs on the /orewn^ in the two lower portions of the inner macular band being 

 entirely white, the upper portion within the cell only being ochreous-yellow, and 

 the basal interspaces mbre brightly blue-speckled. On the hindwing the discal, 

 submarginal, and lunular interspaces are all white. Underside with similar white 

 interspaces. Expanse, 3 to 3n) inches. 



Third Form (Plate 199, fig, 1, a). Upperside blacker than in the first and 

 second form. Forewing with the inner and outer discal macular band composed of 

 smaller and less defined white spots, the lower portions being blue-and-black-speckled, 

 Hindwing with the discal interspaces restricted to narrow streaks, and these, with 

 the submarginal spots and marginal line are blue-and-black-speckled. Underside 

 similar to the upperside, except that the discal and submarginal interspaces are 

 tinged with ochreous. Expanse, 3 to Sj^ inches. 



Fourth Form (Plate 199, fig, 1, b, c), Upperside of a dark rich purple-black 

 colour, Forewing slightly olivescent at the apex; the discal macular bands partly 

 obsolescent, the inner series being composed of a slender ochreous-yellow constricted 

 streak within the cell, the two next portions represented by a cluster of blue scales ; 

 of the outer series, the three upper spots are very small and white, the two lower 

 represented by a cluster of blue scales, Hindiving with the discal interspaces 

 slightly blue scaled, the submarginal conical spots and marginal lunules being 

 prominent and entirely blue scaled. Underside, Forewing with the basal, 

 discocellular, and lower discal spots, all blue scaled, the ochreous-yellow cell spot 

 constricted, Hindwing similar to the third form, except that the upper discal spot 

 and a discocellular spot are both more prominently ochreous-yellow. Expanse, 3n, 



