136 
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Male. Head and antennae, black; palpi, yellowisb-white; upper 
part of thorax, black with two yellow lines, lower part, yellow; a black 
dorsal band on the abdomen, sides, doubly striated with yellow, con¬ 
junctive at the anus; femora, black, tibiae and tarsi, olivaceous. 
Wings, semi-diaphanous; expanse, 3.69 inches. 
Upper surface, pale yellow. Anterior wings, costa, black; seven 
narrow transverse black bands, all touching the costal, and the two 
first, extending to the interior margin. The first, passes through the 
cell near the base of the wing; the second, extends to the middle of 
the inner margin, passing through the insertion of the medio-posterior 
nervule; the third, to the medio-central nervule; the fourth, almost 
obsolete, is midway between the third and fifth, reaching to the mid¬ 
dle of the cell; the fifth falls on the medio-posterior nervule, near its 
extremity; the sixth and seventh are very faint, the one being near 
the fifth, and the other contiguous to, and parallel with a black bord¬ 
er on the outer margin. The discoidal cellule and the triangle, form¬ 
ed by the costal border, the fifth and seventh bands, are perfectly trans¬ 
parent. 
Posterior wings, anal margin, black ; two black bands continued from 
the anterior wings; the first, near the anal edge, unites with the black 
marginal line at a point, about two-thirds the length of the wing, cov¬ 
ering a red mark resembling a thickened sigma, from which it is sepa¬ 
rated by a small white line; a yellow crescent intervenes between a 
curved continuation of the first band and a red lunule interior and pos¬ 
terior to the former; this curve is faintly connected, by brownish atoms, 
with the second black line, which passes through the middle of the 
wing. A broad blackish-brown border, contains seven marginal lunules, 
greenish-white, of which the fourth and fifth are the largest; the sixth 
is bisected by a black line; emarginations, whitish. Tail, linear, white 
on the inner side and outer extremity. A portion of a red line, con¬ 
tiguous to the second black band on the under surface, is visible above, 
on account of the semi-transparency of the wings. The nerves and 
nervules, on the anterior wings, as far as the fifth band, are yellow, 
beyond that, blackish-brown; on the posterior, yellow. 
Below, markings same as above, but paler. Three red crescents, on 
the posterior wings, each having a white line or lunule, above and be¬ 
low ; a red line on the outer edge of the second black band, connects 
with the third of these crescents. 
