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laterallj', and, except the fifth joint, below ; the spines of the lower surface arranged in 
two nearlj' regular series ; first joint about four times the length of the second, third and 
fourth each gradually shorter, fifth longer than the second ; claws long, but little curved, 
grooved below; paronychia with the inner lacinia wanting or very short, the outer as long 
as the claw and slender, but little hairy ; pulvillus small, short. 
" Larva cj-Hndric, the head and first thoracic segment unarmed, the rest armed with long spines, 
set with setfc in whorls. Pupa very angular and tubereulate ; the head deeply bifid, of 
some shade of brown, sometimes pale green, often bearing brilliant golden spots." 
(Douhledaij, I. o.). 
Vanessa limenitoides. 
Vanessa limenitoides, Obertlmr, Etud. d'Entom. xiii. p. 39, pi. ix. fig. 96 (1890). 
" La forme des ailes de cette interessante nouveaute est analogue a celle de la Vanessa indica. 
"Lesailes sont noires en dessus avec des taches blanc jauuatre disposees commesuit: 1° aux 
superieures, une tache arrondie dans la cellule ; deux taches, I'une do meme grosseur que 
celle de la cellule et Tinferieure plus grosse, c'galement arrondies, au-dessous de la nervure 
mediane ; une serie de trois taches aLlongees extracellulaires, pres du bord costal ; six taches 
a peu pres paralleles au bord subterminal et dont les deux premieres sont d'un blanc plus pur ; 
2° aux inferieures, une large tache descendant du bord costal au bord anal, formant presque 
un triangle isooele dont le bord exterieur forme la base : les cotes de ce triangle n'etant 
cependant pas rectilignes, mais un peu ondules ; enfin quelques points formant une serie assez 
droite de quatre ou cinq entre la tache triangulaire et le bord externe. 
" Le dessous diffcTe du dessus parce qu'un lavis olivatre remplace le noir a Fapox des .superieures 
et sur toute la surface des infe'rieures ; de plus, aux inferieures, la tache triangulaire blanche 
et le bord anal sont sillonnes de quelques traits grisatres qu'on voit, du reste, transparaitre ea 
dessus ; enfin quelques taches noires apparaissent pres du bord costal dans et a I'extremite de 
la cellule, dans I'espace subterminal et a I'extremite des nervures le long du bord terminal. 
Tse-kou {B. P. Duhernard)." {ObeHhiir, I. c.) 
Black, with creamy-white markings. Primaries have a roundish spot towards the outer end of 
discoidal cell, sometimes preceded by a smaller indistinct one, the central band is represented 
by three spots near costa and two larger ones towards inner margin, the lower one intersected 
by the submedian nervure ; submarginal series of six spots, the second placed out of line 
with the rest, thus causing the series to correspond with the outline of the outer margin. 
Secondaries have a broad central fascia intersected by the neuration, and only separated from 
a large patch filling up the outer half of cell by the discocellulars and a blackish patch 
placed thereon ; submarginal series of white spots small and placed in the nervular inter- 
spaces ; abdominal fold whitish, suffused with dusky. Under surface similar to the upperside, 
but the apex of primaries is greyish, the costa edged with whitish, and there is a white 
cuneiform spot in the basal half of the cell: secondaries with the black ground-colour 
replaced by grey, and there are three black spots forming a curved series in the basal area. 
Of this interesting species I have received but one specimen, which was 
taken in the neighbourhood of Ta-chien-lu. As its characters are not exactly 
those of a Vanessa it is probable that a new genus will have to be created for 
the reception of this insect. 
