NEW FOREIGN BUTTERFLIES. 371 



cisque suhtus bast ruhris ; posticis medio alhiSyTnarg'me 

 pra'sei'tim suhtus ruhro inaculatis. 



From Manilla. — Its length from wing's end to 

 wing's end is five inches four lines. Its chief colour 

 is a dark pure black. The upper wings have the 

 usual white grey radii, which are here particularly 

 light; there are likewise from three to four white 

 stripes lengthwise, between the spaces formed by 

 the two chief veins. Almost at the root of the 

 wings is a vermilion transverse spot, which is near 

 four lines long, and one and a half broad. In the 

 middle of the under superficies of these wings the 

 white stripes almost entirely cover the black ground 

 as they greatly increase in breadth. There is here 

 also a red spot at the root, but it lies almost 

 lengthwise of the wing, extending merely between 

 the two chief tendons, and ending in the middle in 

 a roundish eloiigation. The lower wings are of a 

 very dark black, have in the middle a large uniform 

 white spot, which is divided into five parts by 

 black veins. In the back angle is a long vermilion 

 patch which incloses a uniform black one; an 

 almost square spot is on the under angle, and is 

 likewise vermilion. In the third space there is 

 the third small red spot. Towards the upper edge, 

 on the exterior corner, there are several small 

 sky-blue scales, which are so "situated that they 

 form three short streaks. 



On the under side the lower wings are beauti- 

 fully decorated. The large white middle spot has 



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