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Under-side : as above, but with hind-wing much paler, and the spots more clearly- 

 defined. 



? resembles the male. 



Expanse, ^ , Itu; ? , 2 inches. Taken in copula. 



AcEjEa Masamba, n. s. 



Upper-side : fore-wing transparent, with margins and nervures clouded with brown, 

 base rufous, a small brown spot within the cell ; hind-wing red, with hinder 

 margin brown and inner margin yellowish ; a baud of nine black spots, com- 

 mencing near the base of anterior margin, and curving round to the centre of 

 inner margin ; within this band, near the base, a cluster of five black spots. 



Under-side : as above, but hind-wing grey, with the base red. 

 Expanse, 2 inches. 



AcR^A Masonala, n. s. 



Upper-side : fore-wing transparent, glossy, broadly suffused with rosy pink, ner- 

 vures and anterior margin brown ; hind-wing red, continued nearly to the 

 outer margin, which is transparent and glossy ; following the outer margin, 

 where the red ends, a circle of five clear blact spots, the centre one the 

 smallest, and placed rather nearest the margin. 



Under-side -. as above, but lighter red mingled with grey, and with five small black 

 spots at the base. 



Expanse, 2\ inches. 



Chaeaxes Analava, n. s. 



Upjjer-side : both wings light yellowish-green ; fore-wing, beyond the middle, 

 black, containing a vertical curved band of five light green spots, the second 

 and fifth from the top very small, a similar spot touching the end of the cell ; 

 hind-wing, outer margin broadly bordered with black, narrowing and shading 

 into the green at the anal angle ; three tails, green, the centre the smallest ; 

 fore-wing falcate, and both wings deutated. 



Under-side ; beautifully marbled with green, black, and silver ; fore-wing green, 

 lightest at the outer margin ; the cell crossed midway by a narrow baud of 

 silver, containing a black spot, and near the extremity by a similar broader 

 band, edged with black ; beyond this, a narrow cui'ved line of black, edged 

 outwardly with silver ; hind-wing green, with a vertical band midway, curving 

 inwards, of lighter green and silver, edged witli black ; beyond the middle, 

 following the outline of the wing from the anterior margin to the anal angle, 

 a series of ocelli, the upper one the most distinct, silvery grey, edged with 

 black and light green, the lower ones light green, suffused with ailvery-grey. 

 Antennae green. 



Expanse, 3i inches. 

 Halifax : April, 1872. 



