OREY NAPE RP on a Pe ae 
the Rhopalocera of the Dollman Collection. 249 
15. Aphnaeus affinis, sp. nov. 
(Plate VII, figs. 7 and 8.) 
3g. Upperside, both wings; rich reddish-brown with faint coppery 
reflections, the veins, especially towards costa, black: hind margins 
with a fairly even very dark brown band, about 1 mm. wide. Fore- 
wing: areas 8, 9 and 10 entirely black, a small dark grey area at 
base of area la: an oval central spot in cell, a larger irregular one 
at cell end, a smaller rather indistinct one in area 1b below origin 
of vein 2, and a discal row of five smaller ones, the upper two at least 
black-edged, in areas 3-7, the lower ones very indistinct, the central 
one of the series only slightly displaced outwardly, all brownish- 
yellow: fringes brown. Hind-wing : no other markings, anal lobe 
purplish-brown, tail brown, fringes slightly whitish posteriorly. 
Underside, both wings: ground-colour purplish grey-brown with 
numerous large yellow spots. Fore-wing: area 12 almost entirely 
ochre-yellow, a subquadrate basal cell spot, a large oblong spot 
across the centre and large irregular spot across end of cell from just 
beneath costa and extending into area 3, the last two joined or almost 
joined by a small triangular spot in base of area 2, all of same 
colour; a discal band of yellow spots as above, but larger and 
with all spots well defined and, like those already mentioned, out- 
lined with ferrugineous brown; area 1b contains a small basal 
spot and two very large irregular spots beyond, paler posteriorly, 
all three more or less confluent and partly outlined with blackish ; 
a subterminal row of darker reddish-brown subtriangular spots; 
inner margin pale yellowish. Hind-wing: basal spots in areas 
la and 8, followed by a series of four large oval spots in la, 1c, the 
cell and 7, that in le much displaced outwardly; a large irregular 
spot at cell end; a discal series of nine spots in a semicircle from 
area 8 to 10, the spot in le being split to form 2; of the series count- 
ing from costa, the 2nd (the largest) and the 4th and 5th (the smallest, 
except the 6th) are beyond and the 8th slightly before the others, 
the 2nd and 3rd more or less confluent, and also the 6th to 9th; this 
series is followed by a subterminal series of basally contiguous sub- 
triangular rather darker yellow spots; a small crimson spot and some 
bluish scaling at anal lobe. 
Antennae purplish, yellow-tipped; head and collar purplish to 
bronze—no yellow or grey; eyes, except above, broadly encircled 
with white; palpi below white, distally brown, the terminal joint 
purple; from above purple, the terminal joint black. Thorax and 
abdomen above covered with long fine bronze-green hairs; below, 
white. Legs, Ist pair interiorly purple, outwardly white, others 
4 the reverse, with less white. 
Length of fore-wing, 17 mm. 
