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color of the pi'iiiiarie.s and ?;ecoiidai'ies is rich rufous, deepest at base. 

 The primaries have a bhick spot in the middle of the cell, and a 

 large black crescent at the end of the cell, two oval and somewhat 

 confluent subapical black spots, one near the origin of the first me- 

 dian, and the other near the origin of the second median nervule. 

 A broad black band irregularly toothed inwardly, and regularly 

 toothed externally extends from the apex to the posterior margin. 

 This is followed by a row of bright red lunules gradually increasing 

 in size from the apex to the posterior margin, and these are followed 

 by a marginal band of dark fuscous. The broad black band of the 

 primaries is continued upon the secondaries, and is at first quite nar- 

 row upon the costal margin, but rapidly widening and sweeping 

 toward the base and the anal angle, covers almost the entire basal 

 two-thirds of the wing, except an oval spot of light red on the costal 

 margin above the cell. The outer third is bright red embellished by 

 a submarginal band of ocelliforin black spots pupilled with dark red. 

 Of these spots the two at the anal angle are very small the four in the 

 middle large and heavy, and confluent at the nervules, and the two 

 nearest the outer angle small and lighter in color. The underside of 

 primaries and secondaries is much lighter than the upper side and have 

 a bright purplish sheen over the entire surface. Three small bluish 

 white spots mark the apex of the primaries, a narrow band of dark ru- 

 fous extends from the apex across both wings vanishing before reaching 

 the anal angle of the secondaries. A small dark brown spot appears 

 near the basal extremity of the cell in the primaries, and is followed 

 by a mark of the same color resembling the figure " 2 ". A dai'k 

 oval blotch margined with very dark brown appears at the end of 

 the cell, and is followed by two dark oval spots between the cell and 

 the apex near the costa. There are three oval spots margined with 

 dark brown between the median nervules near their origin. The 

 posterior wings are traversed by two very irregular and broken bands 

 of narrow brown lines, one crossing the middle of the cell, and the 

 other its outer extremity. A submarginal row of minute, bluish 

 white spots takes the place of the row of heavy ocellated spots 

 which appears on the upper side. The color of the upper and under 

 surfiice of the body harmonizes with the tint of the adjacent wing 

 surfaces. 



In certain lights the upper surface of this beautiful insect, which 

 in coloration bears a superficial resemblance to Charaxes Lucretia 



