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NYMPHALIDAE 
segments, which are abruptly decurved. The head is rounded ; 
the thorax lobed and keeled dorsally, and strongly concave 
between the thorax and abdomen ; the abdomen at the 
second segment rises abruptly ; the remainder of the abdomen 
is so acutely curved that the anal segment almost touches 
the apex of the wings; the latter are rather bulging along 
the costal margin, and keeled along the inner margin. 
The ground colour of the head, thorax and wings is ochreous 
and the abdomen, tawny ; the head and thorax are heavily 
mottled with brown-black, and a large triangular blotch of 
the same colour spreads over the greater part of the apical 
half of the wings ; the anal segment is black ; the spiracles 
are surrounded with black, and deep purplish-brown blotches 
encircle the body at each segmental division, and the ochreous 
portion of the wing is reticulated with the same dark colour. 
The general colouring has exactly the appearance of being 
burnt or scorched. The pupa is attached by the cremastral 
hooks to a pad of silk spun on a stem or leaf stalk, with the 
surrounding leaves or stems drawn together, forming a tent¬ 
like shelter. On July nth, 1907, at 11.30 a.m., I found a 
male A. aglaia just emerged from the pupa ; it was hanging 
to a Bramble stem, drying its wings just above the ground, 
among grass growing between Heather, Bramble and other 
growth, on a steep hill-side 400 feet high ; it was half-way 
up, facing south ; the pupa case was just below, hidden amid 
the grass stems to which it was attached. The pupal state 
occupies about twenty-eight days. 
Imago. The average wing expanse of the male is 63 mm. ; 
of the female, 69 mm. 
Male. The ground colour of the upper side is orange- 
fulvous spotted with velvety-black. The markings are very 
similar to those of A. cydippc, but the sub-marginal lunate 
spots as a rule are much larger, especially on the hind wing, 
the under side being very distinct. In A. aglaia the outer 
silver spots on the apex of the fore wing are placed along 
the external edge of the lunate spots and number five or 
six. In A. cydippc there are only two as a rule, they are 
fainter and often obsolete ; these are situated between the 
lunate markings and the next inner series of rounded spots. 
The darker apical spots are dull green in A. aglaia instead 
