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the anterior veins, when the traversing veins are more prominently bhick-lined. 

 Hindwing with a black-scaled exterior marginal sinuated posteriorly-decreasing band, 

 the posterior portion being broadly grey-scaled. Underside. ForeAving with the 

 blackish costal band broader and extending from within the base and along 

 upper half of the cell area, the connected outer band being apically speckled with 

 greenish-yellow scales and with a subapical greenish-yellow streak crossed by sub- 

 costal veinlets ; base of costal boi'der also slightly sulphui'-yellow scaled. Eindiving 

 witli the basal half greenish-yellow, crossed by the blackish-scaled veins, the sub- 

 costal being also broadly bordered by similar scales ; the outer half of the wing 

 blackish, traversed by an obscurely-defined curved discal and an outer marginal 

 series of greenish-yellow spots, of which series the upper discal spot is most distinct. 

 Body above dark grey ; front of bead, palpi, and thorax beneath greenish-yellow, 

 palpi above blackish ; abdomen beneath white ; femora yellow ; tibias and tarsi black, 

 tibi^ whitish speckled above ; antennas black, annulated with white. 



Female. Up23erside brownish-black. Forewing with the basal ground-colour 

 paler than the outer and somewhat grey-scaled ; a greyish-white medial oblique 

 irregular-shaped patch extending across anterior half of the cell to lower median, its 

 outer edge being sinuous ; in some specimens the basal area is greyer, the white 

 medial area broader and extending brokenly hind ward to the posterior margin. 

 Hindwing with the basal and outer posterior submarginal area dark grey scaled ; a 

 greyish-white medial patch occupying the outer half of the cell and basal interspaces 

 from the lower subcostal and the upper median : in some specimens this patch is 

 larger and its edges less defined, the outer posterior submarginal grey scales more 

 thickly clustered. Underside similar to the male, except that, on the forewing, there 

 is a short blackish-scaled oblique streak on middle of tl;e posterior margin. 



Expanse, S 2^\ to 2fiy, ? 2^\ to 2^% inches. 



Bry-seasun Broud (PJate 546, fig. 2c, d ^J, 2e $ ). 



Smaller than Wet form. Upperside similar. Foreunng with the outer 1)and 

 somewhat narrower and more attenuated posterioi-ly. Hlnd'unng with tlie outer band 

 much narrower. Underside with similar markings to the wet form, but generally 

 paler and duller coloured. 



Female. Upperside greyish-white ; somewhat lilcc the male. Foreiring with 

 black outer-marginal band similar to tliat of the male, but more attenuated below 

 the middle median. ILindwivg with an almost similar outer-marginal band, the 

 anterior portion being somewhat broader. Underside similar to tlie male, with the 

 markings on both wings paler and the coloration duller. 



Expanse, S ? 2 to 2j^ inches. 



Habitat. — South India. 



