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the fore wings. The first varying from a few buff scales, in one example, 

 without the black centre, to twice or thrice the diameter of an ordinary 

 period, circular, the largest with, in one example, a silvery metallic point; 

 the second about .04 of an inch in diameter (the black portion), circular 

 in four examples, in two a slight bulging in outer anal part, from one to 

 five metallic scales, aggregated or scattered ; the third from .06 to .07 of 

 an inch in diameter, all nearly or quite circular, two silvery metallic points, 

 in line with the ocelli ; the fourth size of the third and the same shape. 

 In each of these one example has a few black scales projecting into the 

 buff annulus externally on one wing, points as in the third, except that 

 in one the metallic scales are scattered on one wing ; fifth of the size of 

 the third, circular, in one example a few buff scales invade the black ex- 

 ternally on one wing, in two other examples they are a little irregular in 

 shape externally on both wings, two metallic points to each, with a few 

 scattering scales in two examples ; sixth about constant in size, as large as 

 the largest of the first, one metallic point in all but one, ocellus, where 

 the scales scatter a little, circular. 



Body concolorous ; antennae above on basal two-thirds colour of wings, 

 terminal orange shading into basal colour ; beneath whitish, outer third 

 orange ; sides of basal two-thirds brown and whitish. 



Female. — Differs from the male in being paler both above and below, 

 and slightly in the arrangement of the transverse lines on the under side. 

 In two of the four before me, the second and third lines distinctly unite 

 with each other near the anal angle, while the lines by which the first and 

 second, and the third and fourth unite are to be seen but are obscure. In 

 one of the others there is no union between the second and third, while 

 there is plain union between first and second, and third and fourth. The 

 fourth has a distinct union between the first and second, and third and 

 fourth, but the rounded ends of these unions touch. Both wings of the 

 same example alike in this character. Ocelli as in the males, with about 

 the same amount of variation. 



This species differs from A. Areolatus in the following points: — In 

 Areolatus the fore wing may have three ocelli and vary from that to 

 many, while the hind wings have five. In Mitchellii four are always 

 found on the under side of the fore wings, and six on hind wings in both 

 sexes. In Areolatus the ocelli are elongate, the long part the long way 

 of the wing. In Mitchellii they are all circular with only a little variation- 



