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tail black, tipped with white, fringes tipped with snowy white ; the submedian and 

 lower median nervures are slightly elongated, so as to form two more very short tails, 

 the upper one being the shorter. Underside : both wings brown, with spots marked 

 out by broad whitish margins, but in the primaries the spots are not encircled, though 

 in the secondaries most are completely encircled. Primaries with three discal spots, 

 the large irregular one closing the cell quite open above and below ; submedian area 

 whitish ; below the middle discal spot is another spot in the submedian space ; trans- 

 verse fascia marked out by three confluent spots, which are quite open above and 

 below — these have an outward tendency ; below are two more distinct confluent spots, 

 shifted so much inwards that their outer margins touch the inner margins of the 

 previous three — these two have a very broad internal white margin ; immediately below 

 them is a double crescentic dark spot ; submarginal line distinct, between which and 

 the upper three spots of the transverse fascia is a dusting of white scales. Secondaries 

 with a half-spot at the upper basal extremity of the costa ; four basal spots below each 

 other, the second and fourth shifted inwards, the latter being outside the internal 

 nervure ; beyond these are three large spots, the upper one of which is situated 

 in a large whitish patch ; cell closed by a large irregular spot, below which is a 

 smaller one shifted a little inwards. The transverse chain-like fascia is composed of 

 two very large upper spots, open above and below ; the third, shifted right out on to the 

 outer margin of the second, is very small indeed and entirely encircled with whitish ; 

 the fourth, equally small and encircled, is again shifted on to the outer margin of the 

 previous one ; fifth smaller, still shifted inwards, below which is the sixth ; the angular 

 seventh spot much larger and shifted slightly inwards, and confluent with the eighth, 

 which runs upwards to the internal nervure ; following the course of this fascia is a 

 dark submarginal line with an interior pale edging, and the space between the two is 

 more or less suffused with whitish. Lobe-spot black, between which and the second 

 median nervule the marginal area is covered with bright blue metallic scales, a very 

 few being also sprinkled above and below the lobe-spot. 



? . Upperside : both wings blackish brown, with a small brightish blue patch 

 occupying the basal, submedian, and discoidal areas. Underside precisely as in male. 



This is a common species in South Celebes, and is very distinct from all others, its 

 nearest ally being bazaloides Hew. 



This insect is subject to great variation, the form found in Celebes and in Halma- 

 heira, named by Rober bicolora, being of a brighter blue and less violaceous ; it has very 

 narrow black borders, the underside of which has very much less white and the spots 

 are only margined very finely with white. I have, however, from S. Celebes specimens 

 exactly like the type-form also. 



Herr Rober had evidently overlooked Hewitson's inadequate description and also 

 his figures ; the two insects are identical. The genitalia are compressed, with the 

 clasps larger and more rounded ; the penis, with a trumpet-shaped orifice, is small. 



