Its head is very small, and its thorax large. The eyes are big,
and appear bigger because set in so tiny a head. Under its
tongue, which is a full inch long, is a small white spot that
divides, spreads across each eye, and runs over the back until even
with the bases of the front wings. The top of the head and shoulders
are olive brown, decorated with one long white line dividing it in
the middle, and a shorter on each side. The abdomen is a pale brown,
has a straight line running down the middle of the back, made up of
small broken squares of very dark brown, touched with a tiny mark
of white. Down each side of this small line extends a larger one,
wider at the top and tapering, and this is composed of squares of
blackish brown alternating with white, the brown being twice the
size of the white. The sides of the abdomen are flushed with
beautiful rosy pink, and beneath it is tan colour.
The wings are works of art. The front are a rich olive brown, marked
the long way in the middle by a wide band of buff, shading to lighter
buff at the base.
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