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furrowed : moulh brown : a single ridg'e on the shield of the chest : 

 three ridges on the scutcheon ; the side pair curved and inclosing a 

 semicircle, of which the middle one is the radius: hind-chest red : 

 abdomen bright red above, black beneath ; legs black, furrowed ; 

 thighs and shanks marked with yellow ; hind-shanks armed with 

 spines: fore-wings olive-green, adorned with very numerous dark 

 brown dots and spots, vvhich are partly confluent towards the tip ; 

 fore border tawny from the base to half the length, beyond which 

 there is a nearly square white spot, and the hind^border has a corres- 

 ponding white spot: hind-wings luteous, red at the base and along 

 the inner border, adorned with about twelve black spots and dots 

 and with four white dots, blackish-brown along the hind border and 

 towards the tip, near which there is an irregular blue spot. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 



a, b. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



24. Aph^na Io. Mas. 



Flavo-fusca , caput et mesothnrax nigro punctata ; abdomen rufum, 

 fusco fasciatum, lateribus nigro vittatum, subtus nigro macu- 

 latum ; pedes nigri ; femora et tibice nigro fasciatcc ; alee anti- 

 cce Jlavo-fuscce nigra varice, apice albido maculatie alee postica 

 lutece nigra alboque 7iiaculatce, basi rufce, apice tiigrce cceruleo 

 maculatcc. 



Nearly allied to A. Confucius, but distinguished by the hind- 

 wings, which have some white dots in the disk, and a blue spot on 

 each bkck tip. Body yellowish-brown : head and middle-chest 

 punctured with black, ridged as usual: mouth brown, as Inng as 

 the body : hind-chest red : abdomen bright red ; underside spotted 

 with black, having a black stripe along each side, and a brown hind 

 border to each segment: legs black; thighs and shanks adorned 

 with irregular yellow bands ; hind-shanks armed with spines : fore- 

 wings yellowish brown with numerous black marks which are con- 

 fluent and form a black spot at the tip of the hind border; this spot 

 has a yellowish white spot adjoining : hind-wings luteous, red at the 

 base and along the inner border, adorned with about twelve black 

 spots and with four white spots, brown along the hiiul border, termi- 

 nating in a very large black spot which has a blue disk. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; ol the wings 22 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



