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spots and two similar streaks witHn end of tlie cell, the costal border and its 

 interspaces, two straight longitudinal basal streaks, and two outer marginal bands 

 being black : hindwing with three black transverse basal macular bands, duplex 

 longitudinal streaks between the veins, and two marginal lunular bands ; two costal 

 bluish-white lunular spots. Cilia alternately white. Body with black transverse 

 bands. Underside greenish-grey, discal area darkest ; the large discal spots and 

 discoidal streaks paler, with indistinct black borders ; submarginal lunular hne and 

 marginal macular band, and streaks between the veins, blackish. 



Expanse, ^ 4, 9 41 inches. 



Larva cylindrical, pale purplish-brown, darker beneath, with dark brown 

 longitudinal dorsal lines and transverse white spotted lines ; head and anal segment 

 spmed, other segments slightly hairy, third to twelfth segments armed with branched 

 spines which are longest on third, fourth, eleventh, and twelfth segments. Feeds on 

 Modecca. Pupa pale purpHsh-brown, somewhat fusiform, head pointed and cleft. 



" Occurs everywhere. Plains and up to 6000 feet, in forest land, I believe all 

 the year round. A slow flier, rather shy. Sits on large leaves with wings spread " 

 {Hutchisoii). 



"Very swift of flight, and difficult to capture" (Mackioood). 



"Galle; Kandy. Common " (PFac^e). 



Genus MODUZA, 



Limenitis (part), Auctorum. 



Forewing triangular ; costa arched, apes produced, exterior margin oblique, 

 scalloped, convex anteriorly ; costal vein extending two-thirds of wing ; first sub- 

 costal emitted at nearly one-half before end of the cell, second at equal distance 

 between it and end of the cell, third at a little more than one-third from the cell, 

 fourth and fifth at three-fourths beyond ; upper discocellular curved very obliquely 

 outward and bent near subcostal, lower very slender and slightly convex, the radials 

 from angle and end of upper discocellular ; cell long ; middle median branch emitted 

 at some distance before end of the cell and opposite to its upper end, lower median 

 at more than half distance before lower end ; submedian straight : hindwing broad, 

 anterior margin short, exterior margin deeply scalloped, convex ; costal vein extending 

 to apex, with a lengthened outward-curved basal spur, its base being opposite to 

 subcostal; first subcostal branch at half length before end of the cell, radial at equal 

 distance from the subcostal ; cell open ; lower median branch emitted from opposite 

 base of radial, two upper medians at some distance beyond ; submedian and internal 

 vein slightly curved. Body stout, short ; palpi porrect, second joint long, projecting 



