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followed by a marginal row of smaller spots ; all these spots, excepting the lowest 

 outer-discal, being more or less white centered. Hindwing velvety purplish-brown 

 on the posterior half; the anterior half with a dull greijish-hroim patch extendin'r 

 from base of the costal vein broadly through the upper part of the cell and with a 

 woolly appearance broadly across the wing, the basal portion of the patch beino- 

 clothed with broad brown round-tipt ribbed scales, the outer woolly portion with 

 ordinary short round-tipt scales and with intervening long filamentous spatular-tipt 

 scales which are so numerous as to hide those beneath, the extreme costal border 

 being whitish-cinereous ; a small triangular ochreous-white spot situated within the 

 cell below the origin of the first subcostal veinlet, clothed with densely patched 

 laxly-raised broad round tipt scales; in some. specimens a marginal row of minute 

 bluish-white dots is present, in others the marginal dots of the underside are slightly 

 visible. Cilia alternated with white. Underside paler ; purpurescent-brown. 

 Forewing with a broad dull greyish-brown lower-discal patch divided into three 

 portions and clothed with brown intervening white round tipt scales from which au 

 ochreous-white lower inner streak extends above the submedian to the base, the 

 posterior border being whitish-cinereous and clothed with narrow scales ; all the spots 

 present as on the upperside, excepting the lower outer-discal spot, but are smaller and 

 violet-blue. Hindwing with generally one, sometimes two, small very slender violet- 

 blue spots within lower end of the cell ; five or six similar slender discal spots, an upper 

 submarginal row of very small spots, and, generally, a complete mai'ginal row of more 

 rounded small spots. Female. Upperside brown. Forewing darkest and of a pur. 

 plish-brown tint on the apical half ; with a large subapical patch of brilliant steel-blue ; 

 the spots as in male but pure white, excepting those on the blue patch ; within the 

 cell a brownish- white slender streak extends from the base to near the white spot, and a 

 longer, sometimes two, similar streaks extend between the lower median and submedian 

 vein and coalesce with the lower outer discal spot. Hindiving with two very slender 

 white basal streaks and two short anterior streaks within the cell, an upper inner- 

 discal series of short slender streaks, an outer-discal series of streaks in pairs between 

 the veins, of which the anterior pairs are short, the two lower median pairs joining 

 the inner-discal spots, and the lower streaks extending up to the base of the wing ; 

 beyond is a complete marginal row of small white spots ; costal border broadly 

 cinereous-white. Underside uniformly brown ; markings on both wings as on upper- 

 side ; the cell and lower streaks of the forewing broader and more prominent, and 

 the posterior border also broadly cinereous-white. Body, head, palpi, and legs black; 

 thorax in front and beneath, head, and palpi white spotted, fore femora white 

 beneath ; abdomen beneath with broad blaish-white bands. In the female there 

 is also a white dorsal streak and a lateral bluish-grey streak ou the thorax, and the 

 abdomen has also a lateral bluish-grey band and sublateral spots. 

 Exparse, 3 J to 4 J inches. 



