6 WM. n. EDWARDS. 



Under side ■wholly clouded or mottled with shades of brown and fer- 

 ruginous, sometimes partially suffused with purplish ; the basal space 

 limited by a ferruginous line, the course of which, on primaries, is an- 

 gular, on secondaries, undulate, turning in at the cell and extending 

 far down the abdominal margin, broadly bordered withiTi by ferruginous 

 and cinereous ; enclosed in the basal space a few patches of darker color, 

 especially on costal margins; on primaries three small spots at base of cell; 

 outside the ferruginous line a narrow, unclouded space, beyond which, 

 on primaries, the limb is mottled with ferruginous and ochraceous; a 

 sub-apical blue-grey patch, inclining to white, on costa; inner angle 

 tinged with lilac; along the incision a row of metallic blue streaks and 

 points, continued on the whole margin of secondaries, often nearly ob- 

 solete; a common submarginal row of five black points, more or less 

 obsolete, or only distinguishable by a glass, and partially edged by 

 blue scales; costal edge ferruginous, beaded by rounded yellow spots, 

 between which and the costal nervure the ground is yellow, irrorated 

 with ferruginous. Secondaries have a ferruginous, nebulous, suba- 

 pical patch, and a stripe curving from the upper median nervule 

 towards anal angle; silver spot an interrupted C; the hind margins of 

 both wings much covered by fiue, abbreviated, ferruginous streaks. 



Body above fulvous covered on thorax with greenish hairs; beneath 

 grey ferruginous; legs buff; palpi buff, on upper side fulvous; anten- 

 nae fuscous above, annulated below with buflF; club fulvous tipped with 

 buff. 



Female ex'panda 2.6 to 3 inches. Upper side in color and markings 

 similar to male. Under side brown, suffused with ochraceous, deeply 

 along hind margins; the disk sometimes slightly tinged with purplish ; 

 the whole surface covered by fine ferruginous streaks ; the bisal space 

 limited as in the male, enclosing spots similar but faintly colored ; the 

 submarginal row of black points obsolete or represented by two or 

 three points at outer angles only, and in all cases minute ; margin at 

 apex and inner angle, and, on secondaries, the tail and abdominal mar- 

 gin slightly washed with lilaceous. 



This species differs from fnferrnr/afionis in many respects and closely 

 resembles it in others. It differs in shape of wings, they being more 

 falcated, more incised ; the hind wings have a longer tail and more 

 prominent anal angle ; the color is more red, and the hind wings are 

 red instead of black; the fringes are fuscous instead of white; the 

 margins are largely bordered by a bright lilac, while those of laterro- 

 f/ationis are but slightly edged with a dull grey. Beneath, the male of 



