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ACHAEINAE. 

 ^1. Acraea andromache Fabr. 



NVMPIIALINAK. 



82. Cethosia cydippe Linn. 

 Suh.spec. damasippe Fdd. 



Suhspec. chrysippe l''alir. 



The series includes females in whicli the usual ba.<<il red colour on tlie njiperside 

 of both wings is represented by a dull brown similar to the femdle of I he sub.sjiec. 

 C. hernsteini Feld. 



83. Terinos tethys Hew. 



A fine series of this beautiful butterfly of both sexe.^. .Mr. Ilcwitson's description 

 and figure in the Zoological Society s Fruceedings is that of the male. The female is 

 somewhat paler than the male, and across the middle of the cell and the costal 

 margin above there are in certain lights tw^o patches of brilliant purple scales ; and 

 further along the wings, just before the pale apical patch, are three similar patches of 

 purple scales, one above the costal nervure, the two others below it in a transverse 

 direction. 



84. Cynthia arsinoe (liun. 



85. Cirrochroa regina Fild. 

 A good series of this fine insect. 



80. Cirrochroa imperatrix sp. nov. 



Male. — Upperside: both wings dark velvety steel blue. Anterior wings, with 

 the basal third steel blue, somewhat iridescent ; the middle third dark velvety blue, 

 in some lights almost black ; the outer third i)aler steel blue than the basal third, 

 and iridescent ; costal margin, apex, and outer margin almost lilack. Posterior wings 

 resemble the anterior wings, but the dark velvety area is not so wide, and encloses 

 across the disc a row of indistinct iridescent steel blue Inuules, those between the 

 median nervules the most apparent. The paler steel blue marginal area is tra\ersed 

 by a somewhat narrow undulated dark band, and the outer margin is the same colour. 

 The abdominal fold is somewhat rufous, a colour which slightly pervades the costal 

 and basal portion of tlie wings. 



Underside: similar in markings to C. retina; the steel blue band whicli 

 cro.-!ses both winsrs is narrower, and its inner side is much more narrowly bordered bv 

 iridescent white. The area beyond th(> band is darker brown than the basal area, 

 and onlv faintlv tinged with violaceous, the corresponding area in (J. regina being 

 much darker and more strongly pervaded by (hat colour. 



I'lxpanse of wings : '2\ inches. 



Hah. ]?iuk. 



One example only. 



87. Atella arruana I-ihUr. 



88. Messaras lampetia I. inn. 

 ]''rom Mansinam, Biak, and Ternatc. 



