58 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



margin. Two spots in the cell, that nearer the base often very 

 s-mall. One basal spot in la, lb, and Ic, the second of these 

 sometimes confluent with the last discal spot. Nervures 6 and 

 7 arise from a common stalk. Underside vitreous and without 

 coloured scales, the h.-w. spots repeated. Thorax and abdomen 

 black above, pale below, and with lateral pale spots. Claws 

 unequal. 



9 . The only $ I have seen resembles the ^ and is of the 

 same size, but the wings are more transparent and the spot in 

 f.-w. cell is almost divided longitudinally. 



A. iturina kakana, subsp.* PL IV, f. 14 (cj). 



^. F.-w. base and costa blackish. Apical half semitrans- 

 parent, basal half including cell, dull orange red ; apex, hind 

 margin, and distal edge of red area rather more thickly scaled 

 with black than the remainder. The transparency is caused by 

 reduction in width of the scales. The red colour extends slightly 

 into area 3, about half the length of areas lb, and 2, and nearly 

 to hind angle in area la. 



H.-w. dull orange red ; a basal aggregation of confluent black 

 spots ; a discal band of large confluent spots, the first in area 7 

 about the middle, the remainder lie almost in a straight line 

 across the wing, except that in area 3, which is more distally 

 placed ; a blackish hind marginal border about 2 mm. wide at 

 apex, becoming rather suddenly narrower at nervule 5, and 

 tapering to anal angle. 



Underside resembles the upper, but is sparsely scaled, and the 

 red areas are dull pink ; the h.-w. basal spots are somewhat 

 less confluent and can be resolved into a large subbasal spot in 

 7, two confluent subbasal spots in cell, one in Ic, lb, and la ; 

 in the latter area also a minute dot beneath end of nervule la ; 

 a little black at origin of main nervures. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the latter with indistinct 

 brownish lateral spots ; tarsal claws asymmetrical. In f.-w. 

 nervures 6 and 7 arise not from cell but from a common stalk 

 about 1 mm. long as in iturina. 



This form diff'ers from iturina in the absence of the spot in 

 f.-w. cell, the deeper colour and greater extent of the red areas, 

 and the larger size of the spots. 



* Since the above was printed I have bad an opportunity of 

 making a further careful comparison of the type with specimens of 

 iturina, with the result that I incline to the belief ihat iturina 

 kakana may ultimately prove to be a distinct species. Pending the 

 acquisition of further material there seems, however, no objection to 

 allowing it to retain the above position. 



