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marked with four small white spots. Towards the middle, there is 

 a transverse, irregular white band, slightly powdered with brown, 

 and divided by the nervures, which are russety. Beyond this band, 

 there is another white band nearly mactilar, of which each spot 

 is bordered by a clear yellowish space, and is marked by a black- 

 brown point, corresponding to those of the opposite surface ; the 

 terminal edge is divided by small white lines or streaks, inflated 

 at their anterior extremity. These wings are bordered with white. 

 Fringe alternately white and black, and the white part forms below 

 with the small white marginal lines, a kind of T. 



The female differs from the male only in having the spots and 

 white bands of the secondaries a little clearer. 



Labrador. 



BOISD. 



14. A. chariclea Godt. Encyc. Meth. IX, 273. Figured in Herbst, pi. 



272. 



Xearly the size of A. myrina. 



Upper side fulvous, traversed by black zigzag lines and by a row 

 of black points, situated before the marginal lunules. 



Under side of primaries fulvous, with the apical extremity yel- 

 lowish, and a terminal row of small streaks of yellowish-white, 

 which intersect the fringe and terminate in a small blackish arrow- 

 shaped spot. 



Under side of the secondaries purple-brown, deeper towards 

 the base, which is marked with three small nacred spots ; a little 

 before the middle is another nacred baud, sinuous, bordered with 

 black-brown, and often powdered with ferruginous, especially in 

 the males ; between the spots of the base and this band, there is 

 an isolated silver point, usually pupilled with brown. The poste- 

 rior half of these wings is of a clearer .tint, with some whitish 

 reflections, especially near the transverse band a row of purple- 

 brown points, corresponding to the black points of the upper side, 

 and at the extremity a terminal series of nacred triangular lunules, 

 pointed with brown. Often in the males, all these lunules are 

 strongly powdered with brown, and then are only indicated by a 

 small white line, similar to those of the primaries. 



female a little larger than the male, sometimes a little more 

 sombre above. On the under side, the nacred spots forming the 

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