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INSECTS ABROAD. 



like thai of our " White Admiral." The lower wings arc washed 

 with blue. Lastly, Adolias Epiona is also olive-brown, but has 



the bar yellow instead of white. 



THE insect which is here given was formerly placed in the 

 ] in reding genus, but has now been transferred to the genus 

 Tanoecia. It is an Indian insect. 



The colouring of this species is very simple. The ground hue 

 of the wings is brown, and both pairs have a broad white band 

 running parallel to the outer edge, and only broken by the dark 

 nervures. On the outer side this band is edged by a jagged line 



i i ■ .52 Pi in I'll 



( Brown, ft'liice, and black.) 



of black. A small patch of white is on the upper wings, as is 

 a patch of black near the tip, and there are a few black marks 

 and scribblings on both pairs. The insect is similarly coloured 

 both on the upper and under surfaces, except that the latter is 

 rather paler than the former. 



The genus Tanoecia lias a tolerably wide range, and in the 

 British Museum there are specimens from India, Sumatra, 

 Sarawak, and Singapore. Among them may be noticed Toncecia 

 Vikrama, a Sumatran species. This is pale brown, covered with 

 black arch-like marks and a multitude of black dashes. Then, 

 there is Tanoecia cedliphorus, of Luzon. This is a very conspi- 

 cuous insect, being dark brown, with a green stripe crossing the 



