NYMPHALIDAE 
(Under Side.) The fore wing is light 
orange-tawny, the apex straw-yellow. 
The hind wing varies from white to pale 
straw-yellow. There are two orange- 
tawny transverse bands, the first across 
the basal third, the second is sub¬ 
marginal, with a series of black dots 
running down the centre ; both bands are 
outlined with black. The base is 
'{MaUaKlde s P otted with black - and between the 
Tring coll.) bands there is a series of black markings 
which vary much in size and number. 
Life of Imago. The probable average life of M. cinxia is 
about twenty-five days. 
Aberration. This consists chiefly in the absence of the 
median markings of the fore wings, or in the general suffusion 
of the black markings obliterating the ground colour. On 
the under side great aberration sometimes occurs in the spots 
between the bands ; in some they are obsolete, in others they 
are very large and form a band of elongated markings. The 
basal markings are also liable to vary greatly in size. 
