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the fore-wings a crimson band runs somewhat obliquely from 

 beyond the middle of the costa to above the anal angle, and 

 before the tip is a third short crimson dash. On the hind- 

 wings there are two small white dots near the anal angle. The 

 under surface of the fore- wings resembles the upper, but there 

 is a short ochreous streak at the base of the costa, the red 

 band is slightly ochraceous at the extremities, and the sub- 

 apical crimson spot is replaced by a short ochreous line, 

 followed by a blue one. The hind-wings are black, with an 

 ochreous line just beyond the base, curving round close to 

 the inner-margin for three-fourths of its length. Beyond this 

 is a large oval ochreous figure, starting from the costa, where 

 it is slightly incomplete and edged by a black line, filling the 

 greater part of the middle of the wing ; within it are three blue 

 spots, arranged in a triangle, the uppermost being linear in 

 shape, the lower ones rounded ; a short ochreous dash separates 

 the upper one from the others. Beyond the oval figure is a 

 curved row of eight blue spots, the upper ones linear, the 

 lower ones rounded, extending from the costa to the inner 

 margin ; and beyond these there is a sub-marginal ochreous 

 curved line. 



The body appears to be black, with a red collar; the orbits 

 are white, and the legs are spotted with black and white. We 

 believe C. sinamara of Hewitson to be the female. It is 

 orange-tawny over the greater part of the fore-wings, except to- 

 wards the apical region, and has a short yellow stripe near the 

 tip ; and the hind-wings are tinged with the same colour at 

 the base. 



If C. sinamara turns out to be a distinct species, the female 

 of C. astarte will certainly be found to resemble it. The 

 Butterfly described and figured by Hewitson as the female of 

 C. astarte in the "Transactions of the Entomological Society 

 of London " (2), vol. i, p. 100, pi. u, p. 3, is the true female of 



