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80. Aphnceus vulcantis, Fabricius (903). This is a small butter- 

 fly of a bluish-black colour above, the male blue-glossed, with several 

 bars of orange on the forewing. Underneath, the wings have several 

 reddish bands across them, each band with an inner streak of bright 

 silver. The underside is more beautiful than the upper! The butter- 

 flies of this genus fly very fast ; but they seem to haunt one particular 

 chosen spot, sporting about a space of some twenty or thirty square 

 yards, and resting on a leaf or the topmost twig of some shrub every now 

 and then. From three to half past four or perhaps later in the after- 

 noon seems to be the time they choose for this sort of play. Some- 

 times it is one alone who frequents a certain spot, at other times there 

 are several engaged in this sport, and when they meet in their gyra- 

 tions they ascend rapidly into the air for some distance, most likely 

 in furious combat, and then descending, go on with the same rapid 

 movements as before and that have thus been interrupted. They are 

 fond of settling on the flowers of the common marigold, Tagetes erecta, 

 when that plant puts forth its brilliant attire. This last habit is 

 shared with many other Lyecenidce. 



81. Aphnmis trifurcata, Moore (915). This is very like the last 

 except that the colour on the forewing is bluer, and it bears only one 

 small orange mark. The silver streaks underneath are bordered 

 with black. The habits of this butterfly are the same as those of 

 A. vulcanus. 



82. Tajurla longinus, Fabricius (931). The male of this species 

 is a most lovely little insect, the upperside being a brilliant greenish- 

 blue with a deep black border. The underside is silvery-grey, with 

 a few small narrow curved black marks disposed in a sort of band 

 across the wings. The female is pale blue with a dark border to the 

 wings on the upperside ; the underside is the same as in the male. 

 It is a forest-loving insect and settles on the leaves of trees. 



83. Taj aria jehana, Moore (932). This very closely resembles, 

 in both sexes, the female of the last-named butterfly. 



8!/.. Loxura atymnus, Cramer (977). This is a peculiarly-shaped 

 butterfly, as the hindwing is lengthened out into a long tail ; the 

 forewing is sharply pointed. The colour of those captured by 

 me is a pale orange with a black border to the forewing, narrower in 

 the hindwing. It has a weak flight, and is unmistakable on the 



