2^■^ LEPIDOPTERA INUICA. 



LonJ. 1882, p. 40-4; Trans. Ent. Soc. Loiul. 1889, p. 556. de Niceville, Eatt. of India, ii. 

 p. 137 (1886). Leech, Butt, of China, i. p. 227 (1S'J2). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside pale fulvous, with black spots ; forewing witli the 

 base, costa, and posterior margin, and hindwing with the basal and abdominal area 

 widely dusky olivescent-f ulvous ; cilia fulvescent- white alternated with dark fulvous 

 and black at tip of veins. Forewing with two black bars and a broad bar across 

 middle of the cell, and a broader bar at end of the cell, the latter being sometimes 

 divided by the fulvous discocellular veinlet ; a transverse inner-discal angulated 

 series of spots and an additional smaller spot towards the base of submedian 

 iutei-space ; a diffused costal triangular spot beyond ; an outer-discal row of seven 

 rounded spots, of Avhicli the three, or foui- upper are decreasingly smaller ; followed 

 by a submarginal similar row of more or less lunular spots, and then two marginal 

 coalescent dentated lines. Hindwing with an obscure black bar across middle of 

 the cell, ana one at its end ; a transverse inner-discal angulated series of small 

 black spots, an outer-discal similar row of six large spots, followed by a submarginal 

 row of more lunate-shaped spots, and then two marginal coalescent slightly-dentate 

 lines. Underside. Both wiugs pale fulvous-yellow, palest apically. Forewing with 

 the cell and discal black spots as above, but less prominent; the costal large 

 triangular spot and the five upper siibmarginal increasingly large oval spots being 

 brilliant silvery-wliite ; the upper and sometimes the lower outei'-discal spots also 

 pupilled witli silver ; all the apical spots are bordered with fulvous-red, and sometimes 

 the lower outer-discal and submarginal spots are either slightly surrounded with red, 

 or the spots themselves ai*e almost red ; marginal lines obscure red. Hindwing with 

 a prominent brilliant silvery-white precostal spot, a slender curved spot in basal 

 costal interspace below, a very small oval basal and round middle cell-spot, a large 

 elongate spot in basal submedian interspace, and two narrow abdominal streaks ; 

 three discal large irregular-shaped spots, the upper placed in the costal interspace^ 

 the second extending across and outside end of the cell, and the lower in submedian 

 intei'space ; below the upper spot are two small narrow basal subcostal pale yellow 

 streaks, and below the middle spot are two very small silvery basal median spots; 

 beyond is a medial-discal recurved silvery-white transverse broken band extending 

 from the costal vein to the submedian, the upper and lower end of which is dilated, 

 its middle portions being slender and lunular; followed by an outer-discal recurved 

 row of very small dark purple-black spots with silver pupils and outer pale fulvous 

 ring ; and beyond a marginal series of large conically-triangular silver spots, of 

 ^\ hich the first, fourth, and seventh, are the smallest ; marginal line obscure, red. 

 All the silver spots, except the medial-discal lunular series, are edged by a fine 

 black line, and bordered by fulvous-red of a bright or dark shade. 



Female. Upper.side. Ground-colour slightly paler than in male, the basal areas 



