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band towards termination of principal band are two spots; a 

 submarginal rather indistinct band ; a marginal band rather 

 dai-ker ; a black spot at anal angle crowned with silvery-blue, 

 from this to second median branch a border of light metallic-blue : 

 tail tipped with black with white point. 



9. IJpPERSiDE. — Primaries : shining violet, blue at base ; costa 

 brown at base narrowly to about one-third, increasing in width to 

 apex which is widely, and outer margin less widely, dark brown. 

 Secondaries : the same ; apex widely, outer margin very narrowly, 

 dark brown ; abdominal margin at base light brown ; anal angle 

 broadlv dark brown. Thorax and abdomen, above dark brown, 

 beneath pale brown. 



Exp. 1^ 44-48 mm. ; $ 40-48 mm. 



Hah. — Cape York, Cooktown, Cardwell. Coll. Miskin. 



A. Cyronthe, n.sp. 



(J. TJPPERSIDE. — Uniform dense purple, with slight violet reflec- 

 tion ; costal and outer margins bordered very narrowly with 

 black ; abdominal margin of secondaries broadly light brown, and 

 clothed with lona: hairs. 



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Underside.— Exactly as in Amytis (Hew.). Thorax and abdo- 

 men, above dark brown, beneath yellowish-brown. 



Exp. 45-53 mm. 



Hah. — Cape York, Bowen. Coll. Miskin. 



I have hitherto hesitated to describe this species on account of 

 the strong similarity in colour and marking of underside to Amytis, 

 but the colonr is so different on the upperside to that species, of 

 which latter I have collected large numbers, that I have determined 

 after waiting for some years to see whether any intermediate links 

 might present, to claim for it specific rank. The 2 I have not 

 seen. I have in my collection two specimens of the one sex, all 

 that I have seen. 



