NYMPHALIDiE ADOLIAS. 



ADOLIAS IMPERATOR. 10. 

 Adolias Imperator, Boisduval Ms. 



Upperside. Female black ; green-brown at the base of the wings. Anterior 

 wing with twenty-two white spots ; two of them within the cell, small and obscure. 

 Posterior wing crossed at the middle by a broad curved band of cerulean blue ; and 

 near the outer margin by a band of seven spots ; the first four round and white, the 

 three nearest the anal angle lunular pale blue ; the outer margins spotted with 

 white. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that the apex is broadly rufous, 

 and that the two spots nearest to it are tinted with the same colour. Posterior wing 

 red-brown from the base to beyond the middle marked by nine or ten dull lilac spots ; 

 the wing beyond dull lilac, with the white spots as above, those which are blue above 

 lilac and indistinct ; all the margins bright rufous. 



Expan. 4^ in. Hab. Luzon. 



In the Collection of Dr. Boisduval. 



I am indebted to the generous kindness of Dr. Boisduval for the pleasure of figuring this, one of 

 the most beautiful species of a genus conspicuous for its rich variety of form and colour. 



