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In the forewing, the costa is evenly arched, rather strongly so at the base of the 
wing, the apex is acute, the outer margin slightly convex in the male, strongly convex with a 
slight concavity just below the apex in the female, inner margin longy slightly concave 3 
costal nervure ends a little beyond the apex of the cell ; first and second subcostal nervules 
with their bases vety close together ; third subcostal originates nearer to the apex of the 
wing than to the base of the upper discoidal, ending at the apex of the wing in the female 5 
fourth subcostal present in the male only, much longer than usual, its base much nearer 
to the base of the third subcostal than to the apex of the wing, where it terminates ; ter- 
minal portion of subcostal nervure reaching the margin below the apex; upper discoidal 
nervule originating from the subcostal nervure long before the apex of the cell ; lower 
discoidal nervule given off from the upper discoidal some distance beyond the origin of the 
latter, its base (which apparently forms a middle disco-cellular nervule*) deflexed downwards 5 
lower disco-cellular nervule upright, slightly concave, fully twice as long at the apparent middle 
disco-cellular ; discoidal cell broadest in the middle ; second median nervule given off some 
little distance before the lower end of the cell ; submedian nervure at first straight, slightly bent 
downwards towards its apex. Hindwing considerably broader in the female than in the male, 
the costa and outer margin evenly and strongly arched, the submedian nervure produced into a 
short tail, the outer margin anterior to the tail concave, a moderatessized anal lobe, above 
which the abdominal margin is excavated, but not very deeply, the abdominal margin convex 3 
costal nervure much arched throughout and ending at the apex of the wing; first subcostal 
nervule arising some little distance before the apex of the cell ; upper disco-cellular nervule 
shorter than the lower, straight, outwardly oblique; lower discoscellular slightly concave, 
nearly upright ; second median nervule given off close to the lower end of the cell ; submedian 
nervure straight ; internal nervure short, highly recurved. Antenne very short, one-third the 
length of the costa of the forewing. Eyes naked. Male with no secondary sexual characters. 
The arrangement of the discoidal nervules of the forewing is very similar to that ob- 
taining in the next genus (/vaofa, Moore) but in this genus the lower disco-cellular nervule is 
given off from the lower discoidal some distance beyond its base, while in Zraofa these two veins 
have apparently a common origin. This remarkable arrangement of the discoidal nervules is 
confined, as far as I know, to this genus and to Zraola. 
Mr. Doherty describes the ege of A. narada, Horsfield, as “‘ large, coarse, overlaid with 
white, roughly tubercular, and indented with spaces obscurely hexagonal. It greatly resem- 
bles that ef most of the Zhecline.” 
Larva of the usual lyczenid shape, onisciferm, with head small, second segment much 
larger, the segments gradually increasing in width to about the seventh, then decreasing 
to the anal segment, which is bluntly pointed ; the constrictions between the segments fairly 
well-marked ; a few short bristly hairs en the sides of the body. PUPA unusually lengthened 
and attenuated+; with head rounded, thorax humped in the middle, abdeminal segments very 
slender, the tail sharply pointed. Described from Dr. Horsfield’s figures of the type 
species. 
Seven species of this genus have been described from the region comprised in this work, 
Of these species, A. narada, Horsfield, A. maradoides, Moore, and A. darana, Moore, 
both sexes have been described. Of two species, A. anita, Hewitson, and 4. andersoniz, 
Moore, the males only have been described. Of two species, 4. facoana, Moore, and 4. arrace~ 
#a, Grose Smith, the sex of the specimens described is not stated. The males of these 
seven species can be divided into two groups; in the first, they are blue (cyaneous Horsfield 3 
brilliant blue and ultramarine-blue, Moore) on the upperside ; in the second, they are purple. 
The females can be divided into three groups, the first group contains A. marada and A. 
saradoides, in these the females are said to be blue; the second group contains a single 
* My reason for refusing to call the basal portion of the lower discoidal nervule a middle disco-cellular 
mervule is that it is obviously as thick as the rest of the nervule, were it a true disco-cellular it would be a very 
dine vein, and in this respect similar to the lower disco-cellular, 
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