ERYCINIDtE. 



TAXILA. Doiiblcday. 



TAXILA TELESIA. 1, 2. 



Upperside. IMale dark brown. Anterior wing with the apex and outer margin 

 carmhie, the inner margin produced, rounded, with near its middle an oval spot of 

 lilac-white. 



Underside carmine with bands and spots of blue and black. Anterior wing 

 with the apex rufous ; a longitudinal and transverse band within the cell blue, a 

 second transverse band also blue, followed by five blue spots, bordered inwardly with 

 black. The inner margin, where the wings touch, light yellow. Posterior wing with 

 numerous black and blue spots. Crossed near the outer margin by a band of light 

 blue and a band of light yellow, each bordered with black, and separated by a 

 band of the same colour. 



Expan. 1 \% in. Ilab. Sarawak. 



lu the Collection of A. R. Wallace. 



TAXILA TENETA. 3, 4. 



Upperside. Eemale rufous-brown, with a large triangular orange spot near the 

 apex of the anterior wing. Posterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a Ijaiid of 

 blue spots, seen only in a particular light. 



Underside light brown. Anterior wing with the orange spot as above ; a spot 

 of black and band of blue within the cell ; the end of the cell black, followed by 

 several spots of black and blue. A large black spot at the middle of the wing, 

 succeeded by a spot of blue and Ijand of black ; a band of black near the outer 

 margin. Posterior wing dark brown, the nervurcs lighter. Crossed near the base by 

 a transverse band of blue followed by three blue spots. Crossed beyond the middle 

 by a transverse band of blue spots, aud nearer the outer margin by two Hght rufous 

 bands. 



Expan. lo-o in. Hal). Sarawak. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders ami A. R. Wallace. 



