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narrowly on both wings, but sometimes secondaries are rather broadly 

 edged, and the margin of the blue ground is erose or irregularly cre- 

 nate. 



Under side uniform whitish buff, slightly bluish at base of secondaries ; 

 both wings edged by a black line, which is a little expanded on each 

 interspace, especially on secondaries; primaries have a row of brown 

 marginal points, above each of which is an orange spot; of these tlie 

 second and third from inner angle are largest, the others of nearly 

 equal size; each of these orange spots is surmounted by a straight 

 black bar; across the disk a bent row of six black spots, nearly equal, 

 rounded or sub-ovate, the upper spot at some distance from costal 

 edge, each edged by a shade paler than the ground ; on arc a reniform 

 spot; secondaries have a complete sub-marginal row of large orange 

 spots, at the outer edge of each of which is a black spot, nearly or 

 quite covered with metallic pale green scales; and over each orange 

 spot is a black crescent; a doubly bent row of small rounded black 

 spots crosses the disk; on arc a straight spot, and three small round 

 spots half way between this and base, on a straight transverse line, 

 besides a fourth spot, minute, on abdominal margin, a little in advance 

 of the line. 



Body above blue, beneath white slightly bluish ; legs same color; 

 palpi white with black hairs in front, the upper joint black with white 

 tip ; antennas annulated black and white, club fuscous, reddish on 

 under side at tip. 



Female. — Expands 1.2 inch. Upper side sometimes dark brown, 

 sometimes, often with dark metallic scales sprinkled over base of sec- 

 ondaries pale yellow-brown ; both wings have a complete orange band, 

 which on primaries is of even width, though differing in individuals, 

 sometimes being quite broad, arcuate posteriorly, having next the margin 

 a row of brown semi-circular spots; sometimes these are confluent and 

 then present the appearance of a band, with wavy anterior edge; the 

 orange band of secondaries is broadest on middle of the limb, and lessens 

 either way to its extremities, enclosing posteriorly a marginal row of 

 round fuscous spots, between which and the edge of margin is a strip 

 of the brown ground ; under side sometimes similar to male, but some- 

 times quite ochraceous. 



