1C8 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



stria, less distinct, just beyond extremity of cell; two similar 

 striae below cell, short, transverse, one above, the other 

 below, third median nervule, the latter a little before the 

 former ; the position of the inner row of blue spots on upper- 

 side is indicated by an olivaceous-whitish band, interrupted on 

 first median nervule, and edged internally by a blue-black, 

 white-bordered streak ; in outer row of spots, the two first 

 are white as on upper-side, the remainder ochreous yellow or 

 whitish tinged with that hue, the two last large and lunular, 

 surrounded with blackish which, on the outer edge of the 

 lower spot, forms a conspicuous double spot, violet-edged 

 externally ; hind-margin faintly stained with dull-yellow. 

 Hind-wing : near base, two irregular, transverse, blue-black, 

 white-edged striae, commencing near costa, and extending to 

 median nervure ; a similarly-coloured, fainter stria inwardly 

 bounds a rather narrow, irregular, olivaceous-whitish stripe 

 from costa beyond middle to inner-margin a little before anal 

 angle ; this irregular stripe being bounded externally by some 

 ill" defined, dull-yellowish, brown-tinged markings; bordering 

 hind-margin, a row of lunular, violet, inwardly white-edged 

 spots, becoming very indistinct towards costa, and immediately 

 preceding a row of indistinct, contiguous, dull-yellow lunules ; 

 tails brownish. 



? . Slack, with a deep purple reflection ; spots on fore- 

 wing large and white, band on hind-wing pale-yellow. Fore- 

 wing : spots of inner row pure white, connected so as to form 

 an obliquely-transverse stripe interrupted on first median, 

 and extending to third median, nervule ; the three spots that 

 continue the row to inner-margin small and creamy-yellow, 

 and seeming to belong more to the outer row of spots, though 

 the fast of the three is half white ; in outer row, the first two 

 are pure-white and rather large, the third, white tinged with 

 yellow, and the remaining spots wholly creamy-yellow ; 

 only the two lowest of the hind-marginal spots visible, ochre- 

 yellow. Hind-wing : median band broader in proportion 

 than in , soft creamy-yellow, in some specimens nearly 

 touching anal angle ; row of lunular spots of a purer blue 

 than $ ; row of contiguous lunules on margin creamy -yellow, 

 conspicuous ; tails similar to those of . UNDERSIDE. 

 Similar to $ , but greyer and more glistening, with white 

 transverse stripes. Fore-wing: white band pure and con- 

 spicuous, continued narrowly to submedian nervure ; outer 

 row of spots conspicuous, particularly the lower two, of 

 which the upper has likewise a violet-margined, large, out- 

 wardly bordering black spot not, however, geminate ; hind- 

 margin stained with dull-yellow near anal angle. Hind-wing ,' 



