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  On 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Butterflies 
  from 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  wings 
  : 
  basal 
  and 
  costal 
  third 
  dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  remaining 
  part 
  

   light 
  blue, 
  shading 
  to 
  white 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  at 
  which 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  ; 
  an 
  oval 
  black 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  lowest 
  

   and 
  middle 
  median 
  nervule 
  ; 
  one 
  white 
  tail, 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  

   black 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white, 
  spotted 
  with 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  veins. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  rufous-orange, 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  

   rufous 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  inner 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  

   grey 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  short 
  white 
  line, 
  edged 
  externally 
  with 
  

   brown 
  near 
  the 
  outer 
  angle 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  rufous 
  

   band 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct, 
  interrupted, 
  transverse 
  grey 
  line 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  becoming 
  obsolete 
  towards 
  the 
  costa. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   rufous- 
  orange, 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  margin 
  rather 
  broadly 
  

   rufous, 
  below 
  which 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  

   marginal 
  white 
  band, 
  narrowly 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  in 
  which, 
  

   at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  another 
  

   black 
  spot 
  crowned 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  bar, 
  and 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   anal 
  spot 
  by 
  two 
  narrow 
  dark 
  brown 
  bars, 
  and 
  two 
  smaller 
  

   black 
  spots 
  beyond, 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  narrow 
  brown 
  

   bar 
  above 
  it 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  spots 
  and 
  bars 
  and 
  extending 
  nearly 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  lunular 
  white 
  markings, 
  edged 
  

   narrowly 
  with 
  brown, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  middle 
  an 
  indistinct 
  

   V-shaped 
  white 
  line. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Upperside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  paler 
  ; 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  

   on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  narrower 
  and 
  greyer, 
  with 
  a 
  submar- 
  

   ginal 
  row 
  of 
  five 
  ill-defined 
  black 
  spots, 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  anal 
  

   spots 
  being 
  the 
  largest. 
  

  

  Underside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  posterior 
  wings 
  paler 
  and 
  

   yellower. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  £ 
  1|, 
  ? 
  1^ 
  inch. 
  

  

  Nearest 
  to 
  S. 
  tharis, 
  Hiibn., 
  and 
  S. 
  Meduana, 
  Hew. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Whitehead 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Sithon 
  cineas. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  dark 
  blue, 
  base 
  and 
  

   costa 
  narrowly, 
  outer 
  margin 
  broadly, 
  black, 
  the 
  inner 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  projecting. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  rather 
  

   brighter 
  blue, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  strongly 
  

   emarginate, 
  with 
  three 
  black 
  tails 
  tipped 
  with 
  white, 
  the 
  

   middle 
  tail 
  much 
  the 
  longest 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  margins, 
  

   broadest 
  above 
  the 
  tails 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  

   two 
  lowest 
  tails, 
  and 
  above 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  band 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  

   broad 
  brownish-white 
  spot, 
  broadest 
  next 
  the 
  abdominal 
  fold 
  ; 
  

   a 
  faint 
  indication 
  across 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  

   underside 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  a 
  broad 
  shiny 
  patch 
  devoid 
  

   of 
  scales. 
  

  

  