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base slightly black-speckled. Cilia black. Forewing witli a bright oclireous basal 

 costal streak; tlie veins outwardly more or less finely, or for their entire length, 

 black lined ; the costal edge, or the costal border broadly to below the subcostal 

 within the cell, the apex and outer margin ochreous-black, the latter being sometimes 

 obsolescent, but always bearing a row of smiall oval or larger triangular ochreous 

 spots, one in each interspace except the lowest, where there is generally two ; a more 

 or less obsolescent blackish discocellular obliquely-curved decreasing bar, or the bar 

 is distinct. In some specimens the discocellullar bar is more prominent, and there 

 is also either a black-speckled or completely-black dentate spot, or a recurved bar 

 in middle of the cell, and an upper discal outwardly-oblique series of four spots, 

 which latter are either separate or confluent, below which is an outer oblique 

 speckled streak between the lower median and submedian, or also a dentate spot in 

 the upper median interspace, a rounded spot in base of the lower median interspace, 

 and a larger dentate or broad oblique outer spot between the lower median and the 

 submedian. Hindwing with a more or less obsolescent outer marginal row of 

 blackish continuous triangular spots, or these spots are well defined, and have paler 

 ocbreous centres, or the marginal black band is well-formed and enclosing a row of 

 small rounded pale ochreous spots. In some specimens the marginal band is 

 inwardly bordered by .slight ochreous lunular patches, which are also occasionally 

 black speckled; and occasionally two or three medial-discal very small ochreous or 

 blackish-speckled spots are present. Underside paler yellowish-ochreons, the apex 

 of forewing and the hindwing much the palest, in some almost white; veins black 

 lined. Foreii-ing either without markings, or the discocellular bar is slightly 

 apparent, or, in others, the cell, discocellular, and discal marks are more or less 

 slightly defined, and the outer marginal triangular spots traceable, with their inner 

 edge slightly fulvescent bordered. Hindiving with the outer marginal slender black- 

 lined triangular spots generally white-centred and inwardly bordered by a fulvous 

 band edged more or less with black speckles. Bodi/ above glossy-black ; front of 

 thorax with two bright ochreous spots ; thorax beneath black, spotted with greyish- 

 white ; abdomen beneath and lateral spots greyish- white, longitudinally black 

 streaked ; legs glossy black ; palpi black ; antennas black. 



Female. Upperside. Ground-colour either uniformlj^ duller and paler yellowish - 

 ochreous than in male; with the blackish costal and marginal band, cell and discal 

 marks, and outer marginal row of pale ochreous spots, and the markings on the 

 hindwing similar to the male, or, the ground-colour of the forewing is sullied 

 ocbreous-white and the hindwing pale yellowish-ochreous ; the forewing having all 

 the black markings broad, coalescent and bordering the veins, leaving only the pale 

 interspaces within and below the cell, across the disc and on the outer margin ; and, 

 on hindwing the veins are more or less black-edged externally, with or without 



