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the base, and another near its middle, followed beneath by two minute spots, 

 the three forming a short transverse series. Under side. — The base, the costal 

 margin, and the outer margin of the primaries are greyish fuscous. The 

 nervules at their extremities are shaded with blackish, and between them 

 there is a series of marginal greenish ochreous triangular spots, the apices of 

 which pointing inwardly are surmounted each with a short blackish ray or 

 dash. A narrow black line crosses the cell near its middle, and at its end 

 there is a broad subapical bar of black, which extends from the costa where 

 it is widest about two-thirds of the distance to the outer margin, and is 

 slightly excised upon its inner margin. The secondaries are bordered with 

 black as upon the upper surface, and have a marginal series of whitish 

 triangular spots upon the interspaces, and a few small black spots near the 

 base, viz., upon the costa, one at the base, one just beyond it, and one at the 

 middle, one in the middle of the cell, and five or six quite small ones disposed 

 in a semicircular series near the middle of the inner margin. The body is 

 black, spotted with yellow ; the antennte are black. The lower side of the 

 palpi and of the thorax and abdomen are pale grey. 



2 . The female does not differ materially from the male, except that 

 upon the upper side there is an additional black spot situated between the 

 submedian and first median nervule, and the small spots upon the costal area 

 of the secondaries are obsolete, except the two immediately upon the costa. 

 The under side is as in the male, with the exception of the presence of the 

 additional spot between the submedian and the first median nervule. Expanse 

 of wings, (? 38 mm., 5 45 mm. 



Genus Lycjena, Fahr. 



L. PERPULCHRA, Sp. nOV. 

 Upper surface pale lilac, dark grey at base, with spots of under surface 

 reflected through. Fringe black. Red spot pupilled with black between first 

 and second submedian of secondaries. Under side uniform pale lilac-grey. 

 Fringe black. Submarginal band of subsagittate brown marks iipon both 

 wings. At anal angle of secondaries black spot slightly irrorated with blue 

 scales, and between first and second submedian nervules a larger spot, 

 pupilled with blue scales. At end of cell in both wings a curved black 

 streak. Five large black discal spots upon primaries, three similar spots at 

 base of secondaries, and eight large spots, forming a longer and shorter loop 

 at sixth spot, which is situated just beyond black streak at end of the cell. 

 Expanse of wings, 40 mm. 



Genus Chrysophanus, Hilhn. 



C. ABBOTTII, sp. nOV. 



The markings of the anterior wings upon the upper surface 

 are much as in C. plilaas, L. ; the markings of the posterior 

 wings upon the same surface recall those of C. ocliimus, Herr.- 

 Schffiff., ? , or of G. thersamon, Esp., ? . 



(J . Upper side. — Anterior wing : the apex of the wing is luore acute 

 than in any other species of the genus thus far described. The colour is 

 bright metallic orange-red, inclining very slightly to dusky at the base. The 

 costa beyond the middle is very narrowly edged with blackish, the outer 

 margin is evenly bordered with a band of Ijlack of moderate width, the body 

 of the wing is adorned by spots of deepest black, arranged as follows : — one 

 on the cell, one at the end of the cell, four below the costa coalescing as a 

 subapical band, a pair disposed upon the interspaces between the median 

 nervules, and a quadrangular spot near the outer angle between the first 

 median nervule and the submedian nerve. Posterior wing: the ground 

 colour is the same metallic red which prevails upon the fore wing, incliumg 



