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below the cell ; beyoud is a large subapical costal triangular spot, an outer-discal 

 row of six round spots of which the upper third and the sixth are very small ; 

 followed by a submarginal row of dentate spots, a marginal row of smaller and 

 narrower dentate spots, and then a slender outer marginal line, llindwuig with an 

 obscure black short subbasal cell-bar and a bar above the cell, a prominent black 

 middle cell-bar and a short discocellular bar ; an inner-discal transverse curved 

 zigzag series of seven spots the upper three or four being narrow, beyond which is a 

 mediai-discal row of five rounded spots, a submarginal row of large more or less 

 conical-shaped spots, the lower three slightly conjoined, followed by a marginal 

 black border traversed by a row of slender lunules, the upper three or four being 

 ochi'eous, the lower pale blue, the lunular interspace between the lower submarginal 

 spot and outer marginal band being also pale blue. Underside. Foreiving with the 

 basal t\vo-thii-ds reddish-ochreous, apical third pale yellow with its markings, as 

 upperside, confluent and olive-brown ; cell and discal black markings as above. 

 Hindtviiig. Ground-colour pale yellow or pale olivescent-yellow ; crossed by slender 

 black subbasal bars and a mediai-discal zigzag series of bars transversely interspaced 

 with rich olive-brown and bordered with glossy pearly-white lunules ; the outer 

 discal row of round spots and the submarginal conical spots being also rich olive- 

 brown, the outer-discal spots each also having a pearly-white central dot, and the 

 submarginal spots outwardly edged by a similar white lunular-boi'dered black inner 

 marginal line. Bodij and palpi above rich olivescent-ochreous, beneath and legs pale 

 yellowish-ochreous ; middle and hind femora and tibia? whitish beneath; antennas 

 blackish above, beneath and tip ochreous. 



Female. Upperside basal half of the forewing and entire hindwing rich 

 brownish-ochreous, basally tinged with olivescent ; black markings as in male, but 

 somewhat larger. Foreiriug w^ith the ground-colour of apical half purplish blue- 

 black, traversed by an oblique subapical broad white band, bluish-white apical spots, 

 submarginal row of lunules and marginal slender lunular line. Himlu-iiuj with the 

 blue-black submarginal spots and outer marginal baud more or less confluent, and 

 traversed by two series of slender blue lunules. Underside similar to the male, 

 except that the forewing has the subapical oblique white band, which latter also has 

 its inner-bordering black spots interspaced with purple-black. 



Expanse, S 2^% to 3^%, ? 3 to 3/^, inches. 



Larva. — " Head and legs black ; body black, this colour almost obscured by 

 orange-tawny markings. A broad orange-tawny dorsal stripe. Four straight 

 horizontal simple black spines on head ; spines on pectoral segments black, on 

 abdominal segments piuk, tipt with black, on caudal segments pink, faintly black 

 tipt." 



PcPA. — " Head and wing-cases pale red ; ten pale metallic spots on the back ; 

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