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INSECTS ABROAD. 



also black, but not so deep as the line of tlie up|)er [lair. Below, 

 the colour of the lower wings is very beautiful. The ground 

 colour is black. Near the outer edge is a long streak of yellow, 

 and then comes a broken line of blue. Next comes a large oval 

 yellow ring, and in the middle is a horizontal blue dash between 

 three spots of yellow. 



The second species comes from Spirito Santo, in Brazil. 

 Above, the ground colour of both wings is black, with a gloss 

 of purple in a side light. Near the base is a tringualar patch of 



scarlet, then a bar of the same colour runs across the middle of 

 the wings, and then comes a slight dash of the same hue near the 

 tip. The lower wings have a single broad and rather wavy bar 

 of the same scarlet, passing from the base almost to the outer 

 edge. Below, the first two-thirds of the upper wings are red, 

 with a bar of black. Tlie rest of the wing is black, with a blue 

 dash close to the tip, and a small yellow bar next to it. The 

 colouring of the lower wings is lil^c that of the previous species. 



