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* Curetis truncata. 



Female. Brown, fore wing indistinctly paler towards the 

 base ; hind wing whitish narrowly on anterior margin and 

 slightly at the apex. Underside less prominently marked 

 than in C. acuta. 



Exp. 1-| inch. 



Hah. Shanghai {Holds worth) . In coll. F. Moore. 



Distinguished by the short, truncate fore wings, the outer 

 margin being slightly convex, the shorter abdominal border, 

 and also truncated outer margin. 



Ajphnceus elima. 



Wings acute at apex; anal lobe prominently distended. 

 Male : upperside brown, posterior half of fore wing and mid- 

 dle of hind wing glossed with smalt-blue; fore wing with a 

 not very prominent subapical reddish patch, in which are two 

 brown spots ; abdominal margin pale testaceous ; anal lobe 

 reddish testaceous. Female brown ; fore wing with large 

 triangular maculated red patch; hind wing with reddish discal 

 streak and anal lobe. Underside dull pale testaceous ; trans- 

 verse spots and bands very pale, being defined only by outer 

 margins, each traversed by a silver streak ; no marginal row 

 of dots. 



Exp. S li ? 1| inch. 



Hab. Manpuri, N.W. India [C. Home). In coll. F. 

 Moore. 



Most nearly allied to A. ictis, from which it may be known 

 by the less prominent apical red patch, the difference in colour 

 and less apparent markings of the underside. 



Ajahnoeus formosanus. 



Most nearly allied to A. zoilus, but differing in its larger 

 size, broader black borders, and smaller red anal lobe. On the 

 underside the bands are the same in number, but broader and 

 more confluent, both in the fore and hind wings ; the red anal 

 lobe has also much smaller black spots. 



Exp. 1|- inch. 



Hab. Formosa. In Coll. W. B. Pryer. 



Dipsas hirupa. 



Male. Upperside metallic green, both wings broadly mar- 

 gined with brown. 



Female. Upperside dark brown; fore wing slightly tinged 

 with blue at base ; two subapical bluish white spots. Under- 



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