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INSFXTS ABROAD. 



dent," and the word might perhaps have some occult meaning ; 

 while the name Mariana might as well be any other name. 



The ground colour of the wings is black. In the upper wings 

 there is a narrow waved line of pale green near the base, another 

 of similar form just beyond the large central patch, and all the 

 other marking^! are wliite. The black has a slight gloss of green 



rio. 304 -TntMis Man 

 (Black, white, yellow, and pale gresn.) 



in a favourable light. The lo\\er wings are deep yellow, marked 

 with black, similar to that of the upper wings. The thorax and 

 base of the abdomen are black, and the rest of the abdomen is 

 yellow, banded with a narrow band of liglit brown at each 

 segment. It is an Australian insect, and at present is the only 

 species known of its genus. 



The handsome insect which is here shown fully deserves its 

 title oi pulchdla, or " beautiful." It is a native of jSTorthern India, 

 and the specimen which is here figured was taken at Silhet. 



It is one of the injects which are difficult to describe, because 

 its colouring is not only gorgeous but intricate, and the effect 



