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band, widest about first median nervule, not reaching sulmdia 
nervure, narrowing to costa (where it is tinged with white), and inter- 
rupted on first subcostal nervule, — its lower outer edge not far before 
anal angle ; a row of seven or eight sublunulate, blue spots near and 
parallel to hind-margin ; beyond it, bordering margin, a row of partly 
contiguous, thin, bluish lunules, becoming thinner and almost obsolete 
towards costa ; two short black tails, rather slender, at extremities of 
first and third median nervules respectively, the latter the longer of the 
two. Under side. — Pale, glistening, olivaceous-ochreotcs, with thin, hlue- 
hlack, white-edgedj transverse striae. Fore-wing : in discoidal cell three 
transverse striae, and a fourth parallel stria, less distinct, just beyond 
extremity of cell ; two similar strige helow cell, short, transverse, one 
above, the other below, first median nervule, the latter a little before 
the former ; the position of the inner row of blue spots on %ipper side 
is indicated by an olivaceous- whitish externally ill- defined band, inter- 
rupted on third median nervule, and edged internally by a blue-back, 
white-bordered streak ; in outer row of spots, the two first are lohite as 
on ujpper side, the remainder ochreous-yellow or whitish tinged with 
that hue, the two last large and lunular, surrounded with blackish, 
which, on their outer edge, forms a large conspicuous spot, violet-edged 
externally ; hind-margin faintly stained with dull yellow. Hind-wing : 
near base two irregular, transverse, blue-black, white-edged strige, 
commencing near costa, and extending to median nervure ; a similarly 
coloured stria inwardly bounds a rather narrow, irregular, olivaceous- 
whitish stripe from costa beyond middle to inner margin a little before 
anal angle ; this irregular stripe being bounded externally by some ill- 
defined, dull-yellowish, on both sides fuscous- bordered lunulate mark- 
ings ; bordering hind- margin a row of lunular, violet, inwardly white- 
edged spots, becoming very indistinct towards costa, and immediately 
preceding a row of indistinct, contiguous, dull-yellow lunules ; tails 
brownish. 
^ Black, with a deep purple reflection ; spots on fore-wing large and 
white, hand on hind-wing pale-yellow. Fore-iuing : spots of inner row 
pure white, connected so as to form an obliqaely transverse stripe inter- 
rupted on third median, and extending to first median nervule ; the 
three spots that continue the row to inner margin small and creamy- 
yellow, and seeming to belong more to the outer row of spots, though 
the first of the three is half white ; in outer row the first two are pure 
white and rather large, the third white tinged with yellow, and the 
remaining spots wholly creamy-yellow ; only the two lowest of the 
hind-marginal spots distinct, ochre-yellow. Hind-wing : median band 
broader in proportion than in ^, except close to costa, soft creamy- 
yellow, in some specimens nearly touching anal angle ; row of lunular 
spots of a purer blue than in $ ; row of contiguous lunules on margin 
creamy-yellow, conspicuous ; tails similar to those of $, but propor- 
tionately longer. Under side. — Similar to $, but greyer and more 
