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being sometimes confluent ; there are two nacreous dashes inserted be- 

 tween the first, second and third sub-marginal spots on the posterior 

 wings. Six lunulate carmine spots on the hind wings, of which one is 

 situated at the extremity of a short black band, arising on the costa at 

 about one-third its length from the base, and running to the sub-costal 

 nervure; the others are below the trarsverse band, extendin"- from the 

 first, which is in the lower part of the cell, and is bordered interiorly 

 with a narrow white or fulvous line, to the anal margin, and above the 

 last of which there arises a broad black band proceeding to the costti, 

 and disconnected with the short black band previously spoken of; on 

 the abdominal side of which there is a red line; abdominal margin 

 fringed with white hairs. 



Body blackish; greenish-white below, with two subdorsal whitish 

 lines on the black part of the abdomen. 



Female ? — Expanse 3.6:^ inches. Brown ; transverse band and spots 

 pale yellowish-green on the primaries, greenish-white on the seconda- 

 ries ; the two black bands are united near the base of the secondary 

 wings on both surfaces, enclosing underneath a lemon-yellow patch ; 

 the base is also yellow ; the red spot near the costal margin is very 

 small ; five red lunate marks below the band, diSereutly shaped from 

 in the male, and the red sub-marginal line is wanting. The nacreous 

 spots are much larger than in the male, increasing on the anterior wings 

 from the inner angle to the apex, and assuming, on the posteriors, the 

 form of very large lunes. Body as in the male. 



Ifah. — Philippines S . 9 ? Java S , (In my collection.) 



"Amboina, Celebes, Philippines, Papua, (Coll. M. Lacor- 



daire.)" Boi,sd. 

 India, X. India. Singapore, Ceylon, Java. ((!oll. Brit. Mus.) 

 Java, Silhet, Northern India, (Coll. E. I. Co.) 



Var. a. Pap. Eurypylus. G. R. Gray. Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. Pt. I. p. 28. n. 133. (1852). 



List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 38. (1856). 

 Pap. Lycaon. Boisd.. MSS. 



Westwood, Arc. Erit. IL p. 15. (1845). 

 Diurual Lepidopterii. L p. 14. n. 112. (1846). 



'• A new species, very closely allied to Pap. Eurijpijlus of Clerck's 

 Icoues, and Pap. Evemon of Boisduval." — Westwood. 

 //a/^.— Australia, (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



