1896.] Ma. n. H. deuce on bounban LYOiEiftD^E. 663 



(J . TJpperside : both wings bright rather deep blue tinged with 

 purplish, with a slight brownish lustre in one light ; costa and outer 

 margin of primaries very finely black, almost linear ; costa of 

 secondaries broadly, outer margin very finely black ; abdominal 

 fold greyish ; tail fairly long, black tipped with white, lobe slightly 

 developed, with small white spot on its interior and exterior margin. 

 Underside : both wings olivaceous brown, with darker spots palely 

 margined. Primaries a little paler than secondaries, with three in- 

 creasing cell-spots, above and below the third being another spot ; 

 transverse maculate band composed of six spots, the upper four 

 slightly curved outwards and uninterrupted, the fifth shifted 

 slightly inwards, sixth outwards and terminating on the lower 

 median nervule ; below this in the pale submedian area is a trace of 

 another small indefinite detached spot; submarginal row rather in- 

 definite and indistinct, subdiscal area dark. Secondaries vidth four 

 basal spots below each other, the third shifted outwards ; following 

 these three larger ones below each other, the third one being again 

 shifted outwards ; cell closed by a large subquadrate spot, below 

 which is a smaller triangular one connecting it with the lower of 

 the three spots, vchilst above it, touching its outer apex, are two spots 

 over each other, the lower of which is the larger, having its outer 

 margin shifted outwards, the upper one touches the costal nervure; 

 the transverse maculate band commencing on the upper discoidal 

 nervule consists of six spots — the first three almost confluent, but 

 each curved very slightly beyond its predecessor, fourth shifted 

 outwards, fifth angular spot right inwards and just detached, 

 sixth long irregular spot almost confluent with it ; submarginal row 

 fairly distinct, sublunular ; a black spot on the lobe and on the 

 margin on each side of the tail ; anal area covered with bright pale 

 blue metallic scales, over which is a pale dusting up to the inner 

 margin ; tail brown, tipped with white. 



2 . Upperside : both wings slightly bluer than the male ; pri- 

 maries with broadish costa, broad outer margin, and broader apex 

 of black ; cell closed with a very distinct black spot, and the apex of 

 the blue area beyond the cell has three deep black spots in the 

 nervide interspaces : secondaries with broad costa, less broad 

 outer margin of black ; abdominal fold greyish ; tail black, tipped 

 with white. Underside very much greyer than in the male, and 

 in the secondaries the transverse maculate band just touches the 

 outer lower margin of the two costal spots, and the fourth spot is 

 shifted less outwards. 



This species is nearest to A. aroa, Hew., but that insect is much 

 more purple on the upperside,' and the arrangement of the three 

 upper spots of the transverse band of the secondaries is different, 

 and in the very large series of A. aroa now before me I find they 

 follow the same pattern throughout. The female of A. kounga is 

 quite different as to upperside and colour of underside, as already 

 described. 



Types, e mus. Staudinger. 



