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the cell very densely covered with fulvous scales between the veins ; with 

 a marginal row of ochraceous-white spots ^^laced at the incisures ; and with 

 a submarginal series of nine conical or sublanceolate ochraceous ones; 

 each series decreasing at either end and paling towards the costal margin. 

 Posterior tvinrj with the anterior third of its surface devoid of fulvous 

 scales ; with the incisures of the outer margin very narrowly edged with 

 ochraceous-white ; with a sub-marginal series of seven strongly and angu- 

 larly curved lunules or arrow-shaped spots, the four posterior of which are 

 ochraceous-white, and the three apical ones cream-coloured ; and with a 

 discal band of seven externally-dentate lanceolate cream-coloured spots all 

 irrorated witli fuscous scales except the anterior two ; with the cell and the 

 parts of the wing-membrane external and internal to it tolerably thickly 

 sprinkled with fulvous scales. The wing-membrane being in both wings 

 devoid of fulvous scales in the intervals between the sub-marginal and 

 incisural markings presents the appearance of having a sub-marginal row of 

 dark blotches. Undekside less richly and deeply coloured, with the markings, 

 especially the spot at the end of the cell, all slightly larger and white, with 

 the exception of the discal series of the hind-wing, which are tinged with 

 cream-colour at their inner points ; and with the fulvous scales similarly 

 though not quite so thickly distributed over the fore-wing, but evenly 

 sprinkled over the whole of the hind- wing. Body lighter-coloured than in 

 P. Oastor, but marked in identically the same manner. 



Length of fore-wing 2'2 ; whence expanse = 4 5 inches. 



Hab. Koppa Anche, Kadur District, Mysore, S. India, at about 2,500 

 feet elevation. Obtained by Mr. G. H. Kearney. 



¥ . Marked above and below, spot for spot, as in the male, but 

 lighter and less richly coloured, with the spot at the end of cell larger and 

 apparently more distinctly visible on the upjser side, and with all the 

 markings (except the sub-marginal series of the underside of the hind- 

 wing, which are white) straw-coloured. 



Length of fore-wing 2'3 ; whence expanse = 4-7 inches. 



Hab. Trevandrum. Obtained by Mr. F. W. Eourdillon. 



In the male of P. Dravidamm, there are visible upon the upper surface 

 of the fore-wing a spot at the end of the cell, a sub-marginal row of coni- 

 cal or sub-lanceolate spots, and a marginal row of incisural spots ; and upon 

 that of the hind-wing a discal row of lanceolate spots, a sub-marginal series 

 of lunules, and incisural spots as in the fore-wing. 



In the male of the darker-coloured P. Mahadeva, the incisural spots 

 of the fore-wing alone reuuiin, but the liiud-wing retains its three series of 

 spots, wlilch, however, are all smaller and apparently less clouded with 

 dark scales than in the preceding species. 



In the fuscous-black male of P. Oastor, the fore-wing may be said to 

 be uniform black, the incisural spots, which alone remain, being so reduced 



