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38. Milionia witleyensis, sp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 8.) 



Allied to diva^ Rotlis. 



c^ . Upperside. — Fore loing with an abbreviated transverse 

 red band which does not quite reach upper edge of cell and 

 crosses it proximally of veins 2 and 3, part within the cell 

 narrowest, outer edge evenly curved, inner edge curved out- 

 wards in lower median space. Hind wing with a streak of 

 dark metallic blue along lower edge of cell and one along 

 submedian, as in diva. Both wings with a deep blue gloss. 



Underside of fore wing with the red band reduced to a 

 rounded spot reaching vein 2, and a minute spot in cell above 

 origin of 2 ; a metallic greenish-blue patch from subcostal 

 to just below vein 2, filling outer end of cell, the base of 3, 

 and inner half of 2 ; metallic greenish-blue streaks at base, 

 one on costa, two within cell. Hind wing with metallic 

 greenish-blue basal costal streak, and one along lower edge 

 of cell. Hind wing and apical area of fore wing suffused 

 with deep blue. 



Length of fore wing 20 mm. 



One example, 6000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



39. Eubordeta mars, sp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. tig. 9, c?.) 



Allied to accrita, Jord., and to riibroplagata, B. -Baker. 



(^ ? . Upperside. — Fore wing with a red transverse band 

 which is narrower than in either of the allied forms, being 

 reduced proximally. Hind wing with a small yellow or 

 reddish costal stripe placed near the apex and varying in 

 size. Both wings black with u deep blue gloss, which is 

 more intense over basal area of hind wing. 



Underside of fore wing as in rubrop/agata, but with a 

 narrow stripe. Hind wing as in accrita, but witih a narrower 

 yellow band, which is typically not entire, but broken on 

 the costa, its anterior end more widely separated from the 

 basal streak than in rubroplagata. Both wings with a deep 

 blue gloss which is more intense over basal area of hind wing. 



Two $ $ have the band on the hind wing entire as in 

 accrita, and in one ^ and three ? ? the band ia much less 

 widely interrupted than is typically the case. 



Length of fore wing, ^ $ , 17-21 mm. 



y (? c? , 8 ? ? , 3000-4000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



