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giual liliick line- crosses the whole wiiiji- at less Ihiiii li.-iU' an iiilerspjice's <listaii(-e Troiii 

 tlic outer border: it hrojidens into spots at the uervures, Avhicli at tli(! same point are 

 coinieeted witli similar spots at the border; tliis is conspicuous only in the middle of 

 the \\ inii : below and especially above, the whole outer niarj<in is obscure dark fuscous, 

 Mith this thread of black passing through it; this black line is followed interiorly, at 

 lea>t in the middle half of the wing, by narrow, orange lunules opening inward, and 

 these by a transverse band of similar, slightly larger, connected, black liuudes, cross- 

 ing the whole wing, containing, in the niedio-submedian interspace, in its outer half, a 

 transverse streak of pale bluish atoms, and in the costo-sul)costal interspace, extend- 

 ing I)roadly toward the base, as far as the middle of the upper subcostal nervule and 

 here curving around to form an obscure, sometimes almost obsolete, transverse, cloudy 

 fuscous streak (developed to excess in the specimen from which oni- illustration of the 

 male was taken), which crosses to the lower median nervule again, subparallel to the 

 outer border but bent a little outward in the middle of the wing ; within the space thus en- 

 closed and distant from the outer margin by about the width of two interspaces is a 

 series of tlve round black spots of varying size, the tirst in the upper subcostal inter- 

 space, sometimes obsolete, the second largest, occupying the whole width of the inter- 

 space, the fifth, in the lower median interspace, scarcely smaller, the third and fourth 

 nearly efpial and ordinarily not a (|uarter the size of the larger ones, the second and 

 fifth with i)ale bluish i)upils. the whole sometimes merged into a connected band in 

 which the circular character of the spots is nearly lost. Fringe silvery white in the 

 interspaces, blackish at the uervuretips, either predominating. 



Beneath : the portion of the fore unmjs occupied by orange varies from pale pink 

 to salmon color and is traversed by the same bars and stripes as above ; in the cell 

 its exterior and upper limits are more or less broadly margined with white, but other- 

 wise it covers the same field as above. The basal two-fifths of the costal border is 

 white, the space between the nervules crossed by numerous slender streaks of black 

 scales, mingled Avitli many colored scales of all hues, the stripes occupying the larger 

 part of the space ; the base of the cell is occupied by a garnet red spot in a grayish 

 nacreous field, bordered exteriorly Avith whitisli and followed by a black bar in which 

 many reddish scales are mingled; base of the medio-submedian interspace pale dull 

 purplish, followed l)y Avhite and black bands as in the cell, but by much broader ones. 

 The triangular transverse band depending from the costal border of the upper surface 

 beyond the cell is present below as a similar white band, and the space between it and 

 the cell, above the median nervure. is traversed near the middle by a slender streak of 

 whitish scales, terminating below in a small, pinkish triangle: next the exterior mar- 

 gin of this tield it is also traversed by a slender thread of Avhite, a pale continuation of 

 the black transverse band which traverses the roseate patch below, and the veins cross- 

 ing the field are whitish instead of broAvn as in the other parts of the wing. Beyond 

 the triangular white band, the wing is mainly fuliginous with an olivaceous tinge. 

 The white spots of the upper surface are completely changed in character and the 

 upper four are immediately foUoAved interiorly by a moderately broad, partially 

 obscure, white band; the upper spot is black, acorn-shaped, its base or interior 

 edge flecked liglitly with bright blue atoms, the other side edged Avith a deep, slender 

 lunule of greenish yelloAV. edged Avith dark olivaceous; the second, of similar shape, 

 is dark, garnet red, situated in a dark olivaceous field and bordered interiorly like 

 the first, mingled Avith a feAv black scales ; the third is similar to that of the upper 

 surface, and Avhite in a dark olivaceous field, but followed interioi-ly by a curved lunule 

 of bright blue scales. Avhich is succeeded at a little distance and bordering the whitish 

 band, by a curved, transverse, slender, black line, edged exteriorly, on its concave sur- 

 face Avith greenish yelloAv ; the fourth is a pretty large, obscure, partially obsolete, acI- 

 vety black spot, having exteriorly a point of white and its upper outer half much 

 flecked Avith mingled metallic green, blue and olivaceous scales, surrounded at a little 

 distance by a slender black ring, edged inside Avith greenish yelloAV and barely con- 

 tained Avithin the lateral limits of the interspace ; the fifth is similar to that of the 

 upper surface. Avhite, exteriorly edged narroAvlv Avith dark broAvn : the sixth is much 



