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beyond cell, as far as third median nervule, and a small, short stria 
(sometimes a mere dentation) near the end of the band ; from inner 
margin, before middle, an oblique irregular marking, emitting an 
upward sharp projection which all but meets the middle disco- cellular 
stria, and ending abruptly in a broad subquadrate portion which 
superiorly touches origin of third and second median nervules ; a 
short, narrow, black line along third median nervule connects this 
irregular marking with the angulated transverse bar emitted by costal 
band beyond extremity of cell ; a moderately wide or rather narrow 
submarginal band, from inner margin to lower radial nervule, inwardly 
denticulated on nervules, outwardly united by five black nervular rays 
to a narrow black hind-marginal edging traversed by a whitish line ; 
end of costal band and of its almost terminal short ray or denta- 
tion also united to hind-marginal edging by four black nervular rays, 
much longer than the five lower ones. Hind-ioing : an irregular basal 
patch, externally dentate and somewhat excavate, not running along 
costa, but emitting two sharp denticulations to it ; a little before 
middle a transverse row of four or five small spots, from near upper 
extremity of basal patch to near inner margin ; a rather broad sub- 
marginal band (continuous of, but wider than, that of fore-wing), in- 
wardly denticulate, and outwardly united by nervular black rays to a 
hind- marginal edging rather broader than that of fore- wing, so that 
seven rather large elongate spots of the ground-colour are enclosed. 
Cilia fuscous, with conspicuous white inter-nervular spots. Under 
SIDE. — Paler J duller ; hind-iving with strongly -contrasted transverse hands, 
very variable. Fore-iving : costal band wanting, but its rays and cellu- 
lar striae (of which latter the middle one commences on costa) present, 
narrower, not so black, with here and there some whitish edging ; 
inner marginal and submarginal markings also much attenuated ; 
apical area crossed by a transverse quadrimacular white ray; hind- 
marginal edging very narrow, the traversing streak being pure white 
and conspicuous ; a small black spot at base of discoidal cell. Hind- 
wing : varies from fale didl yelloiv-ochrcous to deep ferruginous ; always 
two pale- creamy or whitish transverse bands, one near base bordered 
on both sides by a macular black stria, the other median, bordered 
inwardly by black spots, and outwardly by a fuscous line ; black sub- 
marginal band very much narrowed, containing seven pairs of small 
white inter-nervular spots ; upper part of ground-colour spots between 
this band and the hind-marginal border either creamy or whitish, 
giving the effect of a third pale transverse band ; pure-white travers- 
ing streak of black hind-marginal edging broken into seven pairs of 
inter-nervular elongate spots ; a small white- edged black spot marks 
upper angle of extremity of discoidal cell ; in the ferrnginons-tinted 
specimens J both the submarginal and hind-marginal white-spotted black 
bands are partly or wholly obliterated. Cilia as above, but brownish- 
fuscous replaces the black. 
