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of black spots beneath, with bluish metallic centres. No 

 spots before the middle of under side of fore wings. 



Male purplish-blue, hind margins bordered with blackish ; 

 cilia white. Fore wings with the costal margin shining 

 whitish, hind wings with an obscure row of black spots on 

 the dark margin. Female dark brown, with an obscure row 

 of black spots, edged on the inner side with orange, before 

 the hind margins, most distinct on the hind wings. 



Under side of male ashy-grey ; of female pale brown, with 

 the base bluish. Fore wings in both sexes with a central 

 white-ringed black spot, followed by a transverse row of 

 similar spots, beyond which is a palo or whitish band, fol- 

 lowed by a row of orange and black spots, edged with black 

 and white, along the hind margin. Hind wings with nume- 

 rous white-ringed black spots and a whitish band, followed 

 by a similar marginal row of orange spots, edged within 

 with black crescents, and outside with black spots. Several 

 of these black spots are jewelled with brilliant bluish metallic 

 scales. 



Variation in the male is usually in the width of the blackish 

 margin, and in the distinctness of the obscure marginal spots 

 of the hind wings ; in the female, in the distinctness of the mai- 

 ginal orange spots, and occasionally in the occurrence of blue 

 shading on the upper side. In the collection of Mr. S. Stevens 

 are two females having ocellated spots along the hind margin 

 of the hind wings on the upper side, and one of these has 

 also arrow-shaped orange spots. One in Mr. Gregson's col- 

 lection has distinct orange spots in all the wings, those on 

 the hind wings being ocellated. Mr. Sydney Webb has two 

 males of a pale lavender colour, others with white dashes 

 from the margins, and some in which the marginal blackish 

 colour is extended inwards in cloudy streaks. Also females 

 of extremely pale brown, others irregularly blotched with 

 blue, or even with a row of blue streaks, forming a very 

 pretty band, across the hind wings. He has also gynandrous 

 specimens, some with the right side male, others the left, and 



