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with a series of black more or less conjcined spots within, divided from it by a band of the 
Touud-colour, sometimes on the fore -wing with a series of pale yellow spots placed inwardly 
against it. Fore wing with a black bar in the middle of the cell, often divided into two 
well-separated spots one above the other ; a black bar at the end of the cell from the costa to 
the third median nervule, sometimes with a diffused pale yellow costal patch placed outwardly 
against it, with a wedge-shaped black bar beyond ; with three rounded disoal spots and a 
fourth less distinct diffused spot near the anal angle. Hind wing with three discal black 
spots. Underside extremely variable, the ground-colour sometimes ochreous, sometimes 
umber-brown, sometimes almost black, banded, streaked and striated with various shades of 
colour. Hind wing with a prominent comma-shaped white mark at the end of the cell." 
(de NicevUle, I. c.) 
'' Larva. Greyish brown, a whitish dorsal stripe reaching from the seventh to the thirteenth 
segment. Head with two horn-like projections. The colour of the head is black, and also 
that of the second segment, which is covered with minute bristly warts ; the rest of the body 
is covered with branching spines, brown and white in colour. The spiracles are black, 
surrounded by white and red-brown. Feeds, from June to August, on Ulmus, Humuhis, 
Urtiea, &c. 
" Fapa. Angulated, brown, decorated with metallic spots on the back of the thorax." {Lang, I. c.) 
Var. hamigera, Butler. " Allied to I', agni and V. comma. Wings above bright orange-tawny ; 
basal area bronzy brown ; outer border golden brown, flecked with black ; fringe varied with 
white ; a submargiual series of semicounected reddish chocolate-coloured spots, immediately 
inside which the ground-colour becomes yellower in tint; primaries with a large bifid black 
spot across the middle of the ccU; a second similar spot divided by the base of the first median 
branch ; a broad patch (widest upon the costa) across the discocellulars ; two small, quadrate, 
discal black spots, placed obliquely upon the median interspaces ; a broad, tapering, subapical 
patch, dentated externally, its base resting upon the costal margin ; a large, subquadrate 
chocolate patch, confluent with the submarginal series (so as to enclose a luuule of the 
ground-colour) at external angle, and two linear, subapical, angulated markings of the same 
colour, but feebly indicated : secondaries with a rounded subcostal spot, an elongated, oblique 
discocellular spot, and a spot at the base of each median interspace black ; a broad discal 
macular baud of chocolate, only separated from the submarginal spots of the same colour by 
a series of fine golden-orange lunate spots : body brown ; crest, collar, and thorax densely 
clothed with bright olive-green hairs having bright bronze reflections ; palpi grey, fringed on 
their upper edge with white, their inferior surface white, edged externally with black. 
Wings below brown, varied with grey, and covered with irregular black stri» ; two extremely 
irregular transverse black lines, indicating a central band ; the disk of primaries and a broad, 
subapical, costal patch on the secondaries, white, clouded with grey and striated with grey 
and black ; a discal series of more or less rounded spots, and a submarginal series of lunated 
spots, golden green : secondaries with a central, silver}' white, semicircular marking : pectus 
purplish grey ; tibiae and tarsi yellow ; venter grey, yellowish towards anus. Expanse of 
wings 2 inches 2 lines. 
•' About. 370 miles from Tokei." (Butler, A. Sf M. N. H.) 
\ ar. fentoni, Butler. " Wings bright tawny; primaries with black markings as in V, satyrus of 
tlie United States, excepting that the two spots upon the median interspaces are of twice the 
size ; secondaries with the black spots across the middle arranged as in c-albiun ; outer 
