APHN^INM 153 



which is narrower than the others, is nearly straight and ends in a diffuse brownish 

 space at the hinder angle, a slightly narrower marginal band, without the inner silvery 

 lining. Hindwing with five transverse bands from the costa all ending in the diffuse 

 greyish anal patch ; the first basal, commencing in al macular form, and then curved 

 outwards close to the al)dominal margin, the next three straight down from the costa, 

 sub-basal, medial and discal, the sub-basal band ending in a slightly outwardly 

 curved point which nearly touches the middle band, the discal band joins the curved 

 fifth band at vein 2, this band runs from the apex of the wing in a somewhat recurved 

 form and nearly joins the termination of the middle band ; in some examples the anal 

 patch is somewhat rufous, in others it is rufous-grey ; the anal lobe has a large black 

 spot and there is a somewhat smaller spot on the margin between the two tails, and 

 there is a sub-marginal row of four l>lack lunules from the outer tail upwards, and a 

 short streak with silvery specks in it, above the anal lobe along and near to the 

 abdominal margin. Antennae black, with white segmental dots, club with a red tip ; 

 frons white, with a black middle stripe ; head and body above and below concolorous 

 with the wings. 



Female. Upperside of a duller and paler brown colour. Forewing with all the 

 orange-red bands broader and more extended hindwards, with an additional orange-red 

 macular band close to the outer margin which varies in extent and distinctness in 

 different examples. Hindwing with bands of the underside often more or less visible 

 through the wing, the anal orange-red patch extended on each side forming a band 

 attenuated upwards close to the outer margin and usually ends a little above the 

 middle. Underside as in the male, but the bands are broader and usually 

 more red. 



Expanse of wings, ^ ? 1 to l-j^ inches. 



Larva, when full grown, appears to be rather large, considering the size of the 

 butterfly, and is \\ of an inch in length ; colour, pale green, the body of nearly equal 

 width throughout, the fourth segment rather the widest, the constrictions between the 

 segments hardly visible, the head large (much larger than in any lycseuid larva known 

 to me), black afid shining, hardly hidden beneath the second segment, being quite 

 visible from in front ; the second segment marked with a large shining blackish patch 

 which is divided in the dorsal fine by a whitish line, with two similar but broader lines 

 on each side ; the third segment is anteriorly similarly marked ; there is a double fine 

 dorsal and sub-dorsal dark green line, and a lateral single line ; the three posterior 

 segments are marked above much as are the second and third ; the twelfth segment 

 bears two prominent blackish pillars, from the upper edge of which spring several 

 strong bristles. When frightened, the larva protrudes a somewhat long pale green 

 tubercle from each pillar, which bears at its apex a few fine hairs. The pillars and 

 tubercles are larger in this species than in any other known to me except Curetis 



