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ing; fourth usually consisting of four spots, one above, two below, 

 one in middle of cell, crossing cell, all more or less coalescent; 

 fifth marking end of cell, often with a small spot below it; sixth 

 discal, much curved from near costa to abdominal margin, some- 

 times appearing as if its beginning and end belonged to the fifth 

 series; seventh marginal, often much reduced in size. These 

 spots which are usually some shade of i-ich orange-red, more or 

 less bordered with metallic blue or green, sometimes with black, 

 reach their maximum development in J/, ignita and its allies. 

 The species may be thus discriminated : — 



A. Hindwing produced into two blunt tails, ^ above blue, $ 



with white patch on forewing. 



a. Of large size, $ green above rex. 



6. Of smaller size, $ blue above rovena. 



B. Hindwing more produced at anal angle than apex, without 



tail-like projections. 

 a. Upperside copper-colour. 



ai. Hindwing below with white apical patch afiollo. 



fti. Hindwing below without white apical patch apelles. 



h. Upperside, ^ purple, $ coppery Jipcalius. 



c. Upperside, ^ purple, $ blue. 



«!. Underside with broad orange-red bands i<jnita. 



61. Underside with reddish-orange bands endides. 



c^. Underside with narrow orange bands chrysonotus. 



f/i. Hindwing below with a very distinct discocellular spot mishini. 



d. Upperside shining brown , epicnrus. 



e. Upperside with centrobasal areas metallic delkia. 



f. Upperside in both sexes blue. 



a^. Hindwing below very dark , narcissus. 



h^. Hindwing below yellowish eitdetus. 



c^. Underside with bands of golden green halyMus. 



I have found it a difficult matter to draw up a satisfactory 

 table of these species, for several of them are very closely allied 

 and others are known to me only by figures. 



Miletus rex, Boisduval. 



SiimHthiis rex, Boisd., Voy. Astr. Lep. p. 72, 1832: Ilypochry- 

 sops rex, Druce, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1891, p. 183; P.Z.S. 1902, 

 ii. p. 113: T. epidetu>^, Felder,Wien. Ent. Mon. iii. p. 324, t. G, f. 3, 

 3859. 



