NYMPHALIN^. 
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58. (2.) Atella Columbina, (Cramer). 
Papilio Columhina, Cram., Pap. Exot., iii. pi. 238, ff. a, b {nec iv. pi. 337, 
fF. D, E = Phalanta, Dru.) (1782). 
Pa^nlio Columbina, Fab., Ent. Syst., iii. 1, p. 148, n. 453 (1793). 
Atella Eurytis, Doubl., Gen. Diurn. Lep., p. 167, pi. 22, f. 3 (1848). 
Atella Plialanta, var., Trimen, Rliop. Afr. Aiist., i. p. 115 (1862). 
Exp. al.j 2 in. 2—6 lin. 
$ Warm yelloio-ochreoits inclining to fidvous, spotted with hlach ; 
hind-margins with three strongly -marked lunulated and festooned hlack 
streaks. Fore-ivivg : markings as in A. Phalantha, Drury, except in 
the following particulars, viz., transverse streaks in and at extremity of 
discoidal cell finer, better defined, less irregular, — those at extremity 
farther apart ; spots of elbowed transverse row below median nervure 
thinner, more elongate, — in some specimens (Eurytis, Doubl.) partly 
or all but the uppermost one obsolete ; spots of discal row larger ; 
submarginal inner festooned streak more sharply angulated between 
nervules ; contiguous subtriangular markings on hind-marginal edge 
completely confluent ; the streak between them and festooned streak 
more strongly marked and distinctly lunulated. Sind-wing : differing 
as follows from that of A. Phalantha^ viz., no markings before middle 
(except very faintly in one example) ; spots of discal row larger, — in 
some examples much larger and suffused ; festooned streak and follow- 
ing hind-marginal streaks presenting the same differences as shown in 
fore- wing. Under side. — All the markings better defined than in 
Phalantha ; all the spots of discal row m hoth luings inore or less con- 
spicuously Uackj — in some examples much enlarged. Fore-icing : besides 
the very large fifth spot of discal row, the fourth is considerably enlarged 
and conspicuous. Hind-wing : transverse streaks before and about 
middle more regular and continuous, — the space between them paler 
than basal area ; otiter streak immediately folloived hj a rcdher wider 
interrupted glistening -luhitish one, tinged with molaceous ; spots of discal 
row distinctly ocellate, with broad rings of fulvous, — a fifth ocellus (not 
quite complete) between first median nervule and submedian nervure. 
$ Paler, duller ; the Mack markings more or less suffused (especially 
the cellular streaks of the fore-wing and the costal markings beyond 
them). Fore-wiiig : a brownish-grey cloud over basal region. Hind- 
wing : fulvous rings of spots of discal row distinctly perceptible. 
Under side. — Paler ; the violaceous clouding more or less inclining to 
silvery. 
This very near ally of A. Phalantha (Drury) is to be distinguished 
from it by the characters pointed out in the above comparative descrip- 
tion, of which the most striking and apparent are — (i) the great, or 
very great, development of the black spots of the discal row ; (2) the 
deeper colour of the male; (3) the dull and pale colour of the female; 
and (4) the broken whitish streak on the under side of the hind-wing 
outwardly edging the median transverse fulvous streak. The entirely 
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