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markings :■ — Eore wing : cell with three transverse short bauds, 

 the outermost the broadest, a spot at bases of interspaces 4 aud 5 

 respectively, along the middle and lower discocellulars ; a discal 

 zigzag series of large spots, the upper three connate, forming a 

 short oblique band from the middle of the costa, the series 

 angulated outwards in interspace 4 and inwards in interspace 2 ; 

 a postdiscal transverse sinuous series of rounded spots, a sub- 

 terminal series of similar spots, and a transverse narrow ter- 

 minal band broadening at the 

 veins, traversed by a slender 

 interrupted line of the fulvous 

 ground-colour; cilia fulvous. Hind 

 wing : a slight transverse black 

 mark at apex of cell, a discal 

 series of six transverse spots from 

 costa to interspace 2, angulated 

 outwards in interspace 4, a post- 

 discal transverse series of five 

 rounded spots, a subterminal com- 

 plete series of similar spots, the 

 posterior three or four crescentic, 

 and a terminal narrow band ; 

 the posterior portion of the ter- 

 minal area below vein 5 broadly 

 and for a short distance narrowly 

 along the dorsum indigo-blue ; 

 the black on the terminal mar- 

 gin traversed by a very slender 

 series of lunules, light blue up to interspace 4, dusky fulvous 

 anteriorly ; cilia prominently white, interrupted by black at the 

 apices of the veins. Underside : fore wing a beautiful terracotta- 

 red ; black markings much as on the upperside ; the costal margin 

 above the subcostal vein pale yellow ; the apex broadly to vein 4 

 pale green, the space between the upper portion of the discal 

 series of black spots and the inner margin of the green area 

 yellow ; a preapical broad silvery loop superposed on the green 

 apical area across interspaces 5 to 7 ; the spots of the postdiscal 

 series above interspace 4 and of the subterminal series green, the 

 black edging to the terminal margin replaced by an inner and an 

 outer slender interrupted black line. Hind wing rich metallic 

 green, with transverse silvery black-margined broad fascia? and 

 lines as follow : a fascia along vein 1 a, a basal fascia from costa 

 to median vein, thence dividing and rejoining lower clown, 

 enclosing a small oval patch of the ground-colour, continued along 

 vein 1, with short cross-streaks to vein 1 a, and krwer to vein 2 ; 

 a subbasal fascia from costa crossing the cell continued along 

 vein, 2; a slender line along the discocellulars crossing at the 

 lower apex of cell to vein 2, a triangular spot at base of inter- 

 space 3 ; a median short fascia from costa to vein 5 ; a discal 

 broader straight fascia from costa to above tornus, thence curving 



Fig. 80. 

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