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correct idea of the form. It was therefore desirable to represent both surfaces with more accuracy, an 

 object I trust our figure has sufficiently attained. This insect is by no means unfrequent in Java. Our 

 collection contains at least eighteen specimens. The female, according to my observation, can be dis- 

 tinguished only by the structure of the antei-ior tarsi ; in colour and painting it differs not perceptibly from 

 the male. 



50. Loxuha Pita. AIcb supra icemmaifidvcB, colore saturato in aurantium vergente, anticce litnbis 

 exteriore et apicali intus arcuatim circimiscriptis, posticce limbo apicali fascidque obligud ab 

 angulo apicali anteriore ad medium marginis interioris tendenfe ex maculis qualuor subcontiguis 

 efformatd saturate fuscis ; margine interiore abdomen excipiente cano, appendicido anali aJbo 

 notato : subtiis ochraceo-flavicantes, colore pulvervhnto opaco aqualiter paginam totam obtegente ; 

 area mediand singularum arcubus minutis obsoktissimisjuscis notatd, in anticis sparsis in pos- 

 ticis seriebus duabus parallelis otdinaiis, posferiore in regions anali saturatiore intus creperd 

 albd limbatd; temid denique nuirginali strigd alba intus auctd, punctoque ocellariin appendiculo 

 anali lunula albd stipatd fuscis. (Exp. alar. 15 lin.) 



Wings above, in tlie female, fulvous, the tint being saturated and inclining to orange ; anterior, 

 with the exterior and apical borders blackish brown, meeting the orange portion in a regularly 

 arched boundary line, extending from the middle of the anterior costa to the inner apical angle ; 

 posterior, with the apical border and an oblique band composed of four contiguous spots extend- 

 ing from the outer apicar angle to the middle of the inner margin, of the same colour; anal 

 termination of the apical border diffuse and evanescent internally and marked with a few obso- 

 lete white dashes; inner margin excavated to receive the abdomen, gray : underneath ochraceous- 

 yellow, uniformly covered with an opaque pulverulent tint ; medial portion of the surface of both 

 pairs marked with numerous very minute and obsolete brown arcs, which in the hinder pair are 

 arranged in two parallel interrupted strigae, the posterior one increasing in distinctness towards 

 the inner margin, where it bears externally a lunular white cloud ; extreme anal margin bearing 

 an irregularly diffuse brown stripe terminating in a distinct ocellate spot on the anal appendage; 

 the latter surrounded internally by a white lunule from which an obscure striga passes over 

 the extreme anal region. Tails ferruginous brown, tipt with white : bodyhvown above, pale 

 yellowish underneath: legs whitish, marked with numerous well defined black bands, which 

 are more crowded on the tarsi. 



Loxura Pita closely agrees in a generic point of view with L. Atymnus : the antennae have the same 

 strictness and the palpi the same proportional length : the character of the tail is likewise the same. As a 

 species Loxura Pita is distinguished above by a deeper orange tint, by a broader border and by a transverse 

 macular band on the hinder pair : underneath the ocellate spot and the marks on the anal region are more 

 pronounced and the legs are distinctly marked with black bands ; the tail also is pi'oportionally lengthened 

 and the wings are rdther more expanded in breadth. 



Our Museum contains a single female specimen in perfect condition. 



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