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terminal marks very hroad, almost cordiform, of a much darker hrovjn, 

 white edged ; discal spots of transverse row similarly coloured, more or less 

 confluent, one or two of them prolonged imvardly ; inner suhmarginal 

 row of ivhite lunulcs {very acuminate in hind-wing) in close contact with 

 outer edge of discal 7'oiv ; space hctween two suhmarginal roivs also darker 

 in hue ; hind-marginal white line distinct, uniting with the outer row 

 of lunules to form inwardly-pointed white rings. Fore-wing : first spot 

 of discal row minute, close to costa, a little nearer base than the second ; 

 all the spots below second more or less elongated inwardly, especially 

 the fourth (which almost always touches disco-cellular spot), and the 

 seventh, which is much longer than any other, being extended far 

 towards base by two small spots (one or both of them sometimes com- 

 pletely confluent with it) ; dark space between two submarginal rows 

 of white lunules broad, pi'etty even throughout ; lowest hind-marginal 

 white ring suffused, 'geminate. Hind-toing : a small, short, narrow 

 black streak, externally white-edged, at origin of costal nervure ; a 

 sub-basal series of four small black white-ringed sj^ots ; between the 

 two middle spots of this row and terminal disco-cellular spot some 

 whitish scaling ; first spot of discal row rounded and separate from 

 the second, but brown, not black ; second spot also rounded ; all the 

 rest (except the last, which is separate, small, rounded, black, and 

 inner-marginal) more or less elongate and confluent ; the fourth 

 longest, and, with the third, sometimes confluent with disco-cellular 

 spot ; hind-marginal black spot between first and second median 

 nervules small, outwardly scaled with bluish-silvery, and imperfectly 

 ringed with dull ochre-yellow ; a similar smaller spot close to anal 

 angle. Cilia more generally white than on upper side, and regularly 

 though narrowly interrupted with fuscous at exti-emities of nervules in 

 each wing. 



^ Dull fuscous, shot from bases over discs ivith rather h'ight violccceous- 

 hlue. Forc-vjing : blue fills discoidal cell, extends a little beyond it, 

 and from base covers inner-marginal and discal area to rather beyond 

 middle ; disco-cellular spot considerably wider than in ^, but not very 

 broad ; rarely from third median nervule downward, indistinct traces 

 of a discal series of elongate spots ; occasionally, more or less indistinct 

 indications of the hind-marginal series of whitish rings shown on the 

 under side. Hind-wing : rarely the traces of a disco-cellular spot 

 and a discal series of spots about middle ; blue occupies much the same 

 area as in fore-wing, but extends farther outward — almost or quite to 

 hind-margin ; inner submarginal series of whitish lunules usually 

 hardly distinguishable in blue suff'usion ; hind-marginal rings more 

 distinct ; black spot larger, and its 3'ellow lunule better marked. 

 Under side. — As in ^. 



Asteris is well characterised by its dark violaceous-blue colouring on the 

 upper side, and by the broad, partly confluent, dark-brown markings, con- 

 spicuously edged with white, on the under side. The actual specimens on 



