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the segments luteous on each side beneath. Legs black. Fore 

 wings black, whitish green, with black sp )ls for about one-third 

 from the base ; outline of the green part much excavated, with some 

 streaks of the same hue near it ; veins green. Hind wings bright 

 red, with black spots; apical part blackish brown, divided from the 

 red part by a bright greenish blue band, which does not extend to 

 the hind border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



a. Shanghai, North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



b. Hinilostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Aph^na lectissoia. 



Herhida; caput cornu brevi acuto suberecto, verticis lateribus cari- 

 nnds, fronte facieque plants, hue subcarinata ; abdomen supra 

 testaceum; alee anlicce Luridce. sublm rufcB, maculis plurimis 

 viridibus albo guttatis, margine viridi, gullis marginaiibus 

 nigris, costalibus albis, poaticis basalibas luleis ; posliae coc- 

 cinecp, apices versus virides. 



Grass-green. Head with a short acute almost vertical horn ; 

 sides of the vertex ridged; front and fa"ce flat, excepting a slight 

 keel on the latter. Abdomen testaceous above. Fore wings lurid, 

 red beneath, except towards the tips, adorned vviih many green 

 white-dotted spots; border green, adorned with dots of white tomen- 

 tum along the costa, and with black dots elsewhere, except towards 

 the base of the interior border, where the dots are luteous. Hind 

 wings crimson for more than half the length from the base. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



The genus Aphcena may be divided into the following groups : 

 1st (type A. submaculata, which seems to be distinct from A. auran- 

 tia), where the horn of the head extends horizontally to the protho- 

 rax: 2nd {iy])e A. lectissinia), where the horn is almost vertical: 

 lh\[ (type A. rosea), where the horn is almost obsolete, and which is 

 also distinguished from the two preceding groups by the much more 

 numerous veins and veinlets on the exterior part of the wings : 4th 

 (type A. imperialis), like the fourth group in the structure of 

 the head, but with the fore wings narrower, and with much fewer 

 veins and veinlets. 



a. North India. Presented by Mrs. Hawes. 



