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verse black streaks in discoidal cell, that nearer base very short, the other 
considerably longer, but not reaching median nervure ; at extremity 
of cell, two transverse similar streaks, one outwardly, the other inwardly 
bordering the disco-cellular nervules ; on costa, a little beyond cell, 
commences a row of seven spots, very sharply elboiued on lower radial^ 
of which the first three are contiguous, and form a short irregular bar ; 
the fourth is rather farther from base, and lies between lower radial 
and third median nervules ; while the fifth, sixth, and seventh, widely 
separated, follow a line below median nervure in the direction of the 
inner margin near base ; the seventh spot is often small and indistinct, 
and sometimes obsolete; beyond middle, a rather suffused macular 
black streak from costa to lower radial, occasionally extended to third 
or second median nervule by one or two small, separate, ill-defined 
spots ; parallel to hind-margin a row of five spots between upper radial 
and sub-median nervure, all of which are small and rounded, except 
the fifth, which is large and sub-quadrate, and nearer hind-margin 
than the others ; from costa to sub-median nervure, a strongly-marked 
sub-marginal festooned line, connected at extremities of nervules with 
a row of contiguous sub-triangular markings on hind-marginal edge ; 
a distinct thin black line from costa traverses the points of junction of 
the festooned streak and the markings of hind-marginal edge. Hind- 
iving : on costa, a little beyond middle, a linear black mark, rarely con- 
tinued by another similar mark towards extremity of discoidal cell ; 
beyond middle, a row of four spots, rather larger than the correspond- 
ing spots in fore-wing, between upper radial and first median nervules ; 
festooned and other hind-marginal markings, much as in fore-wing, 
but the festooned line not so regularly connected with the markings of 
hind-marginal edge, and the thin traversing middle streak not straight, 
but lunulated. Under side. — Much paler^ rather glossy^ varied luith 
violaceous clouding ; black marldngs mostly replaced hy indistinct hroiunish 
or grey ones. Fore-iving : violaceous clouding in discoidal cell and 
over central portion of hind-marginal area ; cellular streaks much 
thinner than on upper side, but well defined ; elbowed transverse 
macular row indistinct, except the two last spots (which are them- 
selves sometimes reddish-brown instead of black) ; costal macular streak 
beyond middle reddish-brown, the spots continuous of it forming a 
row extending to beneath first median nervule, and all reddish-brown 
except the lowest, which is usually black ; spots of outermost trans- 
verse row obsolete, except the fourth and fifth, of which the latter is 
larger than on upper side, and very conspicuous ; hind-marginal mark- 
ings all brownish, and indistinctly marked. Hind-ioing : an irregular, 
interrupted, reddish-brown, thin streak from costa before to inner 
margin beyond middle ; in discoidal cell, a short, transverse streak of 
the same colour ; a more continuous, less irregular streak than the 
interrupted one, crossing middle a little beyond the latter, from costal 
nervure to inner margin ; space between it and festooned streak (which, 
