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Scarus. The colour of the wings on the upper side 

 is dark brown, with a green silky gloss. Scarcely 

 half a line from the exterior edge runs a yellowish 

 red, somewhat scalloped, band across both wings, 

 and both sides, more than half a line broad. Be- 

 neath, the common colour of the wings is grey. 

 The superior wings, near the red band, have 

 eight large black spots, standing near each other, 

 which are bordered with white rings ; only one of 

 these spots stands by itself; the others form almost 

 a row. On the lower wings, towards the bottom of 

 each, there are twelve very small black dots bor- 

 dered with white, in three transverse lines ; the 

 top one has four, the middle three, and the 

 back one five dots. The edge beyond the red 

 band is white on the lower side, with a row of 

 black dots. Feelers with white rings, and body 

 black above, and underneath grey. 



The species described is probably a female ; the 

 male may look very different. 



XXVII. CASTNIA PALL ASIA. 



C. alts anticis fusco virentibus, griseo JasciatiSy 

 posticis atriSyJascia baseos pimctisqiie marginis albiSy 

 fascia media maculari rubra. 



From Brazil. — It has great resemblance, with 

 respect to size and marks, with C Licus. The 

 ground colour of the superior wings is dark olive- 

 green ; on it are observed two spots, and a scal- 

 loped band lengthwise, of a brownisli-grey colour. 



