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and a very narrow outer-discal curved band, followed by a submarginal very 

 obscurely defined greyish-bordered blaclc line ; costal border glossy silvery-grey, with 

 an elongated dull grey subcostal patch of unglossed brown scales below it. Under- 

 side mottled with dark chestnut-red, and more or less profusely studded with 

 violaceous-grey striga3 between the markings ; the discoidal streak, and discal bands 

 on both wings, as on upperside, being yellowish-ochreous, but with much less defined 

 edges ; the two submarginal lines on forewing are more lunular, both being yellow 

 anteriorly and violaceous-grey posteriorly ; the submarginal lines on hindwing also 

 violaceous-grey ; the grey striga3 between the discal bands on the hindwing form 

 a more or less well-defined sinuous fascia ; postei'ior border of forewing basally glossy 

 silvery-grey, enclosing an elongate patch of brown scales above the submedian vein. 



Female. Upperside. Markings as in male, but somewhat broader ; the sub- 

 marginal red line more distinct, the discoidal streak extending slightly but obscurely 

 below the median vein. Underside as in the male. Bodi/ and palpi above dark 

 olivescent-brown, middle of thorax iridescent golden-green; tegulge and abdomen 

 densely speckled with reddish-ochreous scales in the male, less speckled in the 

 female ; palpi and thorax beneath, forelegs and hind femora pale-greyish ; abdomen 

 beneath, middle and hind tibiae and tarsi pale-ochreous ; antennae above black, 

 beneath greyish, tip of club ochreous-red. 



Expanse, <S I^q to 2^q, ? In, to 2 inches. " 



Dry -season hrood (Plate 300, fig. 1, d, e, f, ^ $ ). 



Male and female. Upperside with the reddish-ochreous markings broader than 

 in wef-sensoii brood, the cell-streak extending below the median vein ; both the 

 submarginal and the outer line on forewing generally reddish-ochreous, and on the 

 hindwing, both these lines are also generally more or less obscurely of the same 

 colour ; in the male the subcostal patch of brown scales isolated between the bases 

 of the subcostal veinlets. Underside as in wet-season, the markings, as above, less 

 defined, those on the forewing being partially sprinkled and those on the hindwing 

 sprinkled throughout, witli reddish-ochreous strigte, the violaceous-grey strig;e 

 being disposed similarly but generally more dense than in wet-season examples ; the 

 glossy posterior border and its patch of brown scales on forewing of male, 

 prominent. 



Expanse, J' Ij^o to I^-q, $ Ij^ to 2 inches. 



Caterpillar. — Head furcate ; third, fourth, sixth, and twelfth segments each 

 armed with two subdorsal long spine-like processes. Colour above greenish-grey, 

 underparts greenish-brown, divided by a sublateral pale streak extending from 

 anal segment to spine on fourth segment ; a dorsal diagonal brown baud on eighth to 

 eleventh segment. 



