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beyond wliicli are two medial-discal rather broad less black scaled diffused fascice, 

 and a narrow submarginal fascia, the extreme outer margin being black and the cilia 

 pale grey. Hhuhcing black, with the basal area densely covered with dark golden- 

 green scales and edged by a transverse discal undulated black line extending from 

 the costa to near the anal angle, the latter being outwardly bordered from the middle 

 median veinlet by a slender white line, and by an upper inner-discal transversely- 

 irregular orange-yellow band, ■which is darkest anteriorly, extending from the costa 

 to the middle median veinlet, this band being narrowest anteriorly and outwardly 

 bordered with black, the contiguous discal area below this band being irrorated with 

 pale purplish-gre}- scales and beyond with green and black scales, followed by three 

 upper submarginal yellow lunules and then a marginal row of narrow green-scaled 

 lunules, the anal one of the latter series being slightly yellow-scaled ; tip of tail also 

 yellow. Underside. Basal area of both wings very bright pale green-scaled. 

 Forewing with the outer area deep orange-yellow, the transverse black fascias narrow 

 and somewhat obsolescent anteriorly, the two medial-discal coalesced posteriorly. 

 Hindtvivg with the upper discal orange-yellow band broader and darker coloured 

 than on the upperside, the outer area and the marginal markings similar, but of a 

 brighter colour. Boihj above and beneath, palpi beneath, and legs black and green 

 scaled ; tip of palpi above black ; antennas dark red. 



Female. Upperside black. Basal area of both wings less densely green-scaled 

 than in the male. Foreicing with similar transverse black fascia?, the green scales 

 being restricted to the medial-discal area and outer margin, the inner and outer- 

 discal transverse interspace being purplish-grey scaled, of either a pale or darkish 

 tint. Hindwing with three tails ; the upper-discal area (representing the yellow 

 baud of the male) being very much broader and extending posteriorly to the 

 abdominal margin, with a black sinuous irregular outer border, its interior upper 

 area being either densely purplish-grey or bluish-grey scaled — in some specimens 

 whitish grey scaled — and with a distinct black discocellular bar at end of the cell, 

 its narrow lower area being either clear pale orange-yellow, or very rarely only 

 speckled with yellow scales ; outer border with similar markings to the male, except 

 that the upper lunules are grey ; lower tail with yellow tip, upper tail with white 

 tip. Underside. Basal area of both wings bright pale-greeu scaled. Forewing 

 with the outer area purpurescent-grey, the transverse fascisB black, the interspaces 

 of the submarginal and marginal being dusky orange-yellow. Hindivlng with the 

 discal and outer area similar to the upperside, except that the discal area is more or 

 less irregularly speckled with black scales, which are most numerous within and 

 beyond the cell, and in some specimens spreading more or less densely to the 

 abdominal margin, occasionally some yellow scales also are sparsely interspersed 

 amons; the black scales. 



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