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bordered equnlly l\v a. pretty broad rim of |>iirc white scales, intorniplcd at tlie base of 

 the antennae and sometimes for a considerable space behind tliem and connected at the 

 lower portion of tlie front by a similar wliite baud; basal joint of antennae tip|)ed 

 beliind with wliite. Palpi almost iMitirel.v silvery white, at least the upper portion of 

 the middle and apiral joints black, the frln<;e below white, mingled witli black rather 

 profusely in the apical half. Antennae black, the joints of the stem annulatcd rather 

 narrowly with white at their extreme base, excepting on some of the basal joints 

 beneath ; club black, the apical two joints (hill oranjre, two or three joints before them 

 white above. 



Thorax covered above with minute, recumbent, black scales and long, violaceous 

 hairs, becoraiug pale, gray and brown on the prothorax ; beneath covered with 

 white hairs and scales. Legs white, the tibiae much marked with blackish brown, 

 especially at the base, and the middle of each lialf above and to a less degree and more 

 irregularly on the sides, the tibiae heavily marked above with black, especially be- 

 yond the basal joint, all their tips white. Spurs dark tipped ; spines black. Claws 

 yellowisli brown, edged with bhuki.-ih. 



Wings above (in tlie form neglecta) nearly uniform slightly pale bluish violet with 

 no approach to purplish, the central parts of the wings occasionally very slightly 

 paler, the hind wings usually to a considerable extent, being whitish blue excepting 

 near the base and the outer border and in the vicinity of the uervules ; the costal 

 nervure, subcostal nervules and occasionally most of the other uervules in the 

 fore wing are faintly tinged with hoary violet, the subcostal nervules tipped minutely 

 with black, between which the costal edge is hoary bhio, but on the basal half fuscous ; 

 the outer border is edged with black in the hind wings as a mere thread, in the fore 

 wings narrowly but slightly infringing on the costal margin above, attenuating to a 

 mere thread below; hind wings with a subraarginal row of small, indistinct, some- 

 times obsolete, deeper blue spots ( (J ) ; or of the same or a slightly fainter violet upon 

 the fore wings as far upward as the middle of the cell, and excepting a broad marginal 

 belt, half as broad again as an interspace, which, with the costal margin and a slender 

 transverse streak marking the tip of the cell, is blackish brown ; the middle and some- 

 times the whole of the outer portion of the violaceous space becomes rather suddenly 

 pale, usually with scarcely a violaceous tinge ; hind wings violaceous only along the 

 basal half of the median and submedian nervures and occasionally to a slight extent 

 on the subcostal nervure, most of the rest of the wing being pale, almost white, occa- 

 sionally faintly and slightly flecked with grayish, most of the costal border as far as 

 the subcostal ner\'\ire grayish and the whole extent of the nervures including the tip 

 of the cell marked to a greater or less extent with grayish fuscous, sometimes having 

 an olivaceous tinge ; outer border edged with a thread of blackish followed by a slender 

 pale line, and this by a subraarginal row of blackish fuscous spots in the interspaces 

 (9) ; inner margin of hind wings, as far as the submedian. pale; fringe of fore wings 

 pale, broadly and abruptly interrupted with blackish fuscous or grayish fuscous at the 

 nervure tips in the lower half, above mostly blackish fuscous, minutely tipped with 

 pale and sometimes narrowly interrupted with pale in the interspaces; fringe of hind 

 wings pale or whitish, the basal half occasionally and very inconspicuously flecked 

 with fuscous and also occasionally very narrowly interrupted with fuscous at the ner- 

 vure tips. 



Above (in the form violacea) uniform bluish violet, inclining to purplish, the hiud 

 wings seldom any paler than the fore wings, the costal edge of the fore wings fus- 

 cous on the basal half, beyond hoary blue interrupted at the nervure tips with blackish ; 

 the outer border is edged with black in the hind wings as a mere thread, in the fore 

 wings narrowly, but slightly infringing on the costal margin, above, attenuated to a 

 mere thread below (normal (? ) : or uniform quite dark slate brown, some of the ner- 

 vures occasionally flecked distantly with blue, the outer border of the hind wings 

 edged with a thread of black, followed sometimes by a few inconspicuous blue scales; 

 Inner margin of hind wings more or less flecked with white or gray (J , form nigra) ; 

 or of the same, perhaps a little darker, violet of the normal male on the lower inner 



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