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black spots less conspicuous than in but similar in number and 
arrangement (except that the spot nearest base is wanting) ; beyond 
black costal stripe a large^ very conspicuous^ hroacl, white patch, divided 
into six portions by crossing nervules, the two sections next costa being 
very small and narrow, the lower edge of the white touching second 
median nervule ; apex more broadly and darkly clouded with blackish. 
Kind-wing : paler, more ochreous than fore-wing ; marked as in but 
radiations of black on nervules from hind- marginal border usually 
broader and more strongly marked, making the inter-nervular rays of 
the ground-colour narrower and more acute. Under side. — Forc-iving : 
paler than on upper side ; white patch less conspicuous ; spots as in ^ ; 
nervules clouded with blackish near hind-margin ; inter-nervular rays 
dull yellow-ochreous. Ilind-iuing : dull ycllovnsh-ivhite ; black spots 
as in ^ ; interspersed pale-reddish marks very faint or wanting ; spots 
in hind-marginal border yeHower than in ^ ; inter-nervular marks im- 
mediately before border ill-defined, dull yellow-ochreous, usually irrorated 
thinly with fuscous on their inner side, 
Var. ^. — All the black markings smaller and less dark than in type 
form, especially the hind-marginal borders and the oblique bar of fore- 
wing. Hind-wing : the second, third, and fifth spots of median trans- 
verse row wanting. 
Hob.—'' Tchouaka."— Oberthiir. 
Larva. — " Back yellowish-brown, with transverse blackish streaks ; 
dorsal stripe and sides purplish-black, the latter much lighter about 
spiracles ; lateral inflation edged with light-yellow, almost white. Under 
SIDE. — Light bluish-green ; ventral claspers and pro-legs yellowish. 
Head black and polished, larger than second segment ; mouth and 
bifid mark on forehead white ; in some specimens also two small 
white streaks on summit of head. Spines steely-black, largest on 
third, fourth, and fifth segments ; a suffusion of white at the base of all 
excepting those on the second, third, fourth, and fifth segments. About 
|-inch in length." — H, C. Harford, in litt. 
Of the younger larvas Mr. Harford remarks that they have very 
few black markings, and no dorsal or lateral stripes, but that these 
gradually appear and grow more distinct with the development of the 
insect. He further observes that the larv93 feed on a tree in great 
numbers together, and that, when the bough upon which they are so 
congregated is shaken with any violence, they lower themselves to the 
ground by a silken thread, and there, lying still, are with great diffi- 
culty to be detected among the dead leaves and dtibris. 
Pupa. — Pale-grey anteriorly ; the outlines of the head and limbs 
and the nervures of wings finely defined with black. Abdominal region 
of a browner tint ; spots of the usual rows ochreous-yellow in black 
rings, separate from each other. 
Described from a drawing of Mr. Harford's, giving a lateral 
view. 
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