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margin somewhat widely black. Hindwing with the costa widely, 

 the outer margin of the same width as in the forewing, black ; the 

 abdominal margin broadly pale fuscous ; the anal lobe black, just 

 touched outwardly with a few white scales. Underside, both wings 

 shining vinous, all the markings large and prominent, pale fuscous, 

 outwardly bounded by a fine pale line ; a submarginal fuscous fascia ; 

 a very indistinct marginal fascia. Forewing with the inner margin 

 prominently and widely pale ochreous, reaching up to the second 

 median nervule ; a small oval spot towards the base, a larger oval one 

 at the middle, and a still larger quadrate one at the end of the 

 discoidal cell ; above the latter is a prominent small costal spot ; a 

 large spot in the submedian interspace at the point where the first 

 median nervule arises ; a similar spot at the base of the first median 

 interspace ; the discal band nearly straight and even, slightly dislo- 

 cated only between the fourth and fifth, sixth, and seventh spots ; 

 the latter very variable in size, very small in the type specimen, twice 

 as large in another specimen, still larger and shaped like a figure 8 in 

 a third example. Hindwing with the four basal round spots as usual j 

 an oval spot at the middle of the cell, with a subcostal spot anterior to 

 it, and another spot posterior to it in the submedian interspace ; a 

 large spot at the end of the cell, with a small spot below it at the base 

 of the first median interspace ; the discal band greatly dislocated, 

 the two anterior spots strongly shifted inwardly from the rest, touching 

 the spot at the end of the cell ; the next four spots nearly in a straight 

 line ; the seventh spot V-shaped ; the eighth spot elongated, ending 

 on the internal nervure ; the anal lobe large, jet-black, anterior to 

 which is a large area reaching from the abdominal margin to the second 

 median nervule of metallic green scales ; an oblong black spot on the 

 margin on either side of the base of the tail. Female. Upperside, 

 both wings differ from the male only in the black borders being very 

 much broader, in the forewing reaching the subcostal nervure, and 

 extending over the disco-cellular nervules. Underside, both wings 

 as in the male. 



This species is closely allied to A. arama, de Niceville (ante, No. 20), 

 and to all the species cited in the description of that species above, 

 but it is distinguished from all of them by the very rich vinous-red 

 coloration of the underside, in this respect reminding one of A. acestes^ 



