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IDEA AGELIA. 
PLATE X. Fig. 1. 
Pap. Idea, Linn. Fair. Cramer, PI. 193, fig. 1, A, B, and 
pi. 362, fig. D. — Donovan's Insects of India. 
Varying in size from upwards of six inches across 
the wings to nearly four and a half. The sur- 
face is of a greyish white, with the nervures and 
posterior border black ; the latter sinuated inter- 
nally, and divided by a series of large spots of a 
whitish colour, and generally an oval shape ; be- 
tween each of the nervures, and beyond the middle 
of the wing, is a longitudinal black stripe : the 
primary wings are moreover marked rather before 
the middle with four irregular black spots, the an- 
terior one on the costa, the other three forming an 
abbreviated arched band. The under side does not 
differ materially from the upper, but the black 
stripes are rather broader, and there is a large irre- 
gular patch in the discoidal cell. The body is 
whitish with a black line along the back, the thorax 
having two black central lines and two short trans- 
verse ones at their extremity : the breast is marked 
with oblique black lines, and a row of dusky points 
runs along each side of the abdomen : antennas 
black. 
The insect is a native of Java, Amboina, and 
other Asiatic islands. 
