23(> LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



irregnlar-sliaped band, which crosses the middle of the cell, its inner-edge curving 

 from the costa to above anal angle, its outer-edge with an attached elongated 

 triangular spot within base of the subcostal interspace, and a lower-discal series of, 

 genei-ally two, sometimes three, or more rarely four, smaller spots, which are dis- 

 posed within the base of the median and radial interspaces, the third and fourth, 

 when present, being minute ; beyond is a submarginal row of six broad spots, the 

 lower five of which are indented on their outer edge, and the sixth, or upper, is 

 lunate; followed liy a marginal row of broad cilial-luuules ; the circular interspace 

 l)etween the latter and the upper portion of the subbasal band encloses an upper, 

 more or less, or densely-speckled blue-scaled lunule — the centre of the space also 

 sometimes being orange-yellow scaled — and thus forms a moi'e or less defined 

 ocellus ; at the anal angle is a dark red oval spot, which is usually anteriorly bordered 

 by a blue-scaled lunule; the basal and inter-discal black area is irrorated with 

 minute yellow scales, and the base with interspersed fine long hairs. Underside 

 brownish-black; yellowish markings paler. Forewing with prominent costal streak, 

 continuous cell-streaks and two parallel streaks below base of the cell ; the apical 

 cell-spots, transverse discal, submarginal, and marginal spots as on the upperside, the 

 latter being broader; anteriorly between the discal and submarginal spots, from the 

 costa to the third median, is a series of ochreous more or less speckled lunules. 

 IliiiJiriiu/ with the subbasal baud and its contiguous outer spots, the submarginal and 

 marginal spots as on upperside, the marginal series being broader; within apex of the 

 cell is a rich ochreous-yellow lunule bordered with bhie scales, and a row of similar 

 ochreous-yellow broad lunules traversing the discal interspaces, these latter sometimes 

 being greyish-ochreous ; the anal spot being darker ochreous or red ; base of wing pale 

 yellow intersected by the black veins and edge of subbasal band. Boih/ above black; 

 thorax and abdomen above speckled with minute pale yellow scales; sides of thorax 

 above clothed with fine longish hairs ; front of head, collar, and tegute with a pale 

 yellow longitudinal stripe ; palpi, streaks on thorax beneath, and abdomen beneath 

 pale yellow, the latter with a sublateral ochreous black-edged longitudinal streak ; 

 legs black above, femora beneath pale yellow ; antennas black, club above streaked 

 with ochreous. 



Female. Upperside paler brownish-black. Fureirintj similar to male, except 

 that the cell-strigte are less broken and are more regularly transverse, and the 

 outer-discal area more numerously irrorated with minute pale scales. Hindiriin/ 

 similar to male, except that the costal ocellus is more prominent, the anal 

 dark red spot with a black anterior spot and a more prominent blue-scaled lunule, 

 Underside similar to male. 



Expanse, S 2h to 3f, ? U to ^ inches. 



Mei.anic Yaeietjes. — A female, from Ceylon, in Mr. 0. Janson's possession, has 



