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INSECTS ABROAD. 



green, narrowest on the upper wings, and becoming so wide on 

 the lower pair as to occupy one-half of the surface. In a side 

 light the green takes a blue gloss, and the purple base and 

 edging are much deeper on the lower than on the upper wings. 

 Beneath, it is prettily though not brilliantly coloured. The 

 ground colour is the palest pearly grey, pencilled profusely 

 with black, and on the lower wings are two brown eye-like 

 marks. 



The genus is a tolerably large one, and all the species are 

 much alike. 



Fio. 356.— Agrias Sardanapalus, 

 (Crimson, blue, and black.) 



In Agrias Sardanapalus we have an insect whose gorgeous 

 splendour quite suits the Assyrian monarch whose name it 

 bears. Lacking the dazzling azure and purple of the Apaturas, 

 it is really startling in its bold contrasts of colour. The upper 

 wings are rich crimson from the base to more than half of their 



