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Rindwing with the costa, outer, and abdominal margins broadly black. 

 Underside, both wings glossy reddish-lilac- brown, all the spots darker, 

 dull reddish-brown, outwardly defined by a fine pale violet line. 

 Forewing with the inner margin broadly up to the submedian fold and 

 the first median nervule whitish ; a small oval spot towards the base, 

 a larger one at the middle, and a still larger quadrate one closing the 

 discoidal cell ; a costal spot ; a rather large spot in the submedian 

 interspace placed at the point where the first median nervule arises ; 

 another oblique spot at the base of the first median interspace ; a 

 discal outwardly-curved continuous chain of seven spots, the spots 

 slightly and gradually increasing in size from the anteriormost one 

 on the costa to the fourth, the fifth and sixth the same size as the 

 fourth, the seventh a mere dot ; a prominent submarginal fascia 

 divided from a marginal series of oval spots by a pale broken line. 

 Hindwing with the usual four small round spots across the base ; a 

 subcostal spot ; a spot posterior to the last in the middle of the cell ; a 

 large spot posterior again to the latter ; an elongated spot at the 

 end of the cell ; a small spot posterior to this ; the discal band 

 much dislocated, the two anteriormost spots well separated and shifted 

 inwardly from the six spots which follow, touching the elongated spot 

 at the end of the cell ; the second portion of the discal band 

 consists of six spots, which are all conjoined, but are placed in pairs 

 somewhat, the posteriormost of these just touches the last spot of the 

 discal series, which is placed on the abdominal margin ; a rather 

 prominent lunulated submarginal band ; a marginal series of oval 

 dark spots ; the anal angle produced but hardly forming an anal lobe. 

 Female. Upperside, both wings with the blue areas smaller than in 

 the male. Forewing with the costal black border reaching to the sub- 

 costal nervure, and closing the cell with a wedge-shaped projection ; the 

 outer margin of the blue area quite regular ; the outer margin of the 

 wing nearly twice as broadly black as in the male. Hindwing has the 

 blue colour confined to a much smaller area on the middle of the disc ; 

 the disco- cellular nervules marked with a black line. Underside, both 

 wings as in the male, except that the ground-colour is slightly paler. 



This species is a little like A. asopia, Hewitson,* from Maulmain, 

 which is still unknown to me except from Hewitson's description and 



* 111. Diurn. Lep., p. 14 f, n. 90, pi. jii c, figs. 50, 51 (1869). 



