664 UE a. H. DttVOE ON bohnban ltOjEnid*, [June 16, 



Aehopala BELLA, sp. n., Bethune-Baker. (Plate XXX. figs. 

 Q 6,7 2-) 

 Kina Balu. 



Expanse, d 55, $ 48 milHm. 



d • Upperside : both wings brilliant lustrous purple around the 

 margins, the whole of the inner area being lustrous brown, shading 

 in certain lights into dull rather shining deep violet, somewhat as 

 is seen in violet-coloured specimens of A. allata, Stgr., but much 

 more beautiful. The secondaries show much more of the brilliant 

 purple than the primaries and they have the abdominal fold 

 brownish grey. In the single specimen before me there is a trace 

 of a tail broken off, but it appears to have been a fine one. Extreme 

 margins with a very fine lineal black line. Underside : both wings 

 brown, slightly tinged with lilac, with dark spots laterally edged 

 with very pale lilac. Primaries with three large cell-spots, the 

 outer two very large, below the third in the lower median angle is 

 another largish spot, whilst over the third are two very small 

 spots, the lower one being shifted inwards ; transverse band com- 

 posed of six spots, the upper four shifted very oblique each beyond 

 its predecessor, fifth spot shifted well inwards ; sixth spot, the 

 largest, ending on the lower median nervule and shifted outwards ; 

 a trace of the submarginal row ; subdiscoidal area dark, submedian 

 area rather paler. Secondaries with a spot at the extreme basal 

 apex, four basal spots below each otlier, followed by three large 

 ones ; cell closed by a large subquadrangular spot, below which is a 

 small triangular one connecting it with the lower of the three 

 spots just mentioned, this spot being very irregular in shape ; above 

 the spot closing the cell and touching it, but shifted outwards, are 

 two spots over each other, reaching the costal nervure, whose inner 

 margins are confluent, but the outer mai'gin of the lower and 

 larger spot is shifted outwards ; the transverse macular band begins 

 below the upper discoidal nervure and is composed of six spots — the 

 first one shifted right out, with its upper inner angle just touching 

 the lower and outer extremity of the lower of the two spots above, 

 second spot shifted outwards, third inwards, fourth outwards, fifth 

 angular spot inwards, sixth long spot slightly inwards again ; a 

 trace of a submarginal sublunular row ; anal area with bluish-green 

 lustrous metallic scales ; lobe-spot black ; lobe scarcely developed at 

 all. 



5 . Upperside : both wings lustrous azure, in certain lights 

 rather dull violet. Primaries with costa somewhat narrowly and 

 outer margin broadly dark brown ; the apex of the cell has a short 

 black line at its upper extremity, showing rather plainly in the blue 

 area. Secondaries with all the margins broadly brown ; tail fairly 

 long, brown tipped with white. Underside precisely as in the 

 male, but tinged more with pinkish violet than lilac. 



This very beautiful and (in the male) very unusual-looking species 

 will probably come near to A. acestes, de N., but may at once be 

 recognized by its large size, its brilli'-nt purple margins, and its 

 lustrous brown inner areas ; the macular transverse bands are also 



