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LEPIPOPTERA. 
white patch in each wing, which has metallic blue reflections; in H. 
bolina the edges of the wings show traces of the markings characteristic 
Fig. 286— Hypolimnas misippus, female. 
of the female, but in misippus the two sexes are totally distinct in 
colour. The larvae are of the usual form, with rows of spines. Both 
species are common in the plains, and the student may be on his 
guard against regarding the females as Danaids on superficial 
characters. 
Fig. 287— Hypolimnas misippts, dimorphic female. 
