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the costa; all these are thrown into a large sub-triangular black spot, 

 situated ou the abdominal margin, and divided by two narrow white 

 lines; beyond the third transverse band a row of seven large black 

 rounded spots, arising also from the costa ; of whict the first three are 

 confluent: the three following; are arrana-ed in the form of a triangle, 

 the one which forms the apex being within the cell ; and the seventh at 

 the extremity of the third transverse band; the marginal and sub-mar- 

 ginal lunules very distinct, that one on the anal angle throwing off a 

 broad grayish-black prolongation, nearly touching the seventh spot, 

 and the large black patch on the anal margin; enclosing between these 

 three, a large orange spot; some orange atoms on the lower side of this 

 offshoot, and also in the third median interspace; tail has a v,hitish 

 ray down the middle. 



Hah. — Philippines, (In my collection.) 



I take pleasure in dedicating this fine species to Mr. Frederick Moore, 

 who has contributed very largely to our knowledge of Eastern Lepi- 

 doptera. 



26. Pap. Xuthus. Linne. 

 Pap. Xuihm. Linn. Syst. Nat. II. p. 751. n. 34. (1767). 



Drury, II. t. 9. f. 2. (1773). 



Cram. I. t. 73. f. A. B. (1775). 



Herbst. Pap. t. 49. f. 3, 4. (1788). 



Fab. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 32. n. 92. (1793). 



Godt. Enc^c. IX. p. 58. n. 90. (1819). 



Lucas, Pap. E.xot. p. 36. t. 19. f. 1. (1835). 



Boisd., Sp. Gen. I. p. 327. n. 170. t. 1. f. 1, 2. (1836). 



De Haan. Verb. Naturl. (Tesch. p. 41. (1839). 



Herr. Scbjeff. Sui)pl. t. 86. f. 411—413. (1843). 



E. Doubled., List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 15. (1844). 



Diurnal Lepidoptera, I. p. 16. n. 157. (1846). 



G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 36. n. 178. (1852). 

 List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 49. (1856). 



Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co. L p. 111. n. 223. (1857). 

 Jasoniades Xuthus. Hubn., Verz. bek. Scbraett. p. 83. (1816). 

 Upper surf;\ce, fore wings black; discoidal cellule contains two trans- 

 vei'se pale yellow dashes near its extremity; farther up, foui- interrupted 

 rays, of the same color, converging at the base ; two broad lines below 

 the median nervure, one very near the inner margin, and the upper is 

 bent at a very obtuse angle; a mesial band of sagittate spots, the two 

 upper containing a black pupil ; above these, and nearer the margin. 



