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angle, where it joins a submarginal line of white dots, of which those 

 towards the costa are elongated. Hind wings white, with a broad 

 bluish green border, which passes into speckles on its inner side. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



Sumatra. Iu Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus CHALCOSIA. 

 Chalcosia coliadoides. 

 coliadoides, Wlk. Journ, Lin. Soc, vi. 97. 

 Borneo. 



Chalcosia fragilis. 

 fragilis, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vi. 98. 

 Borneo. 



Chalcosia pretiosa. 



Mas. Aureo-viridis ; vertex et thoracis margo anticus coccinei ; 

 palpi albi ; antennae purpurea, subpectinatce ; scutellum et 

 pectus cyaneo-viridia ; abdomen subtus album; pedes albi, 

 viridi vittati ; alee anticce nigro strigata, fascia fracta sub- 

 obliqua alba intus cyaneo-viridi marginata, maculis duabus 

 exterioribus albis ; posticce alba, margine lato cyaneo. 



Male. Bright golden green. Vertex of the head and fore 

 border of the thorax bright crimson. Palpi white. Antennae purple, 

 slightly pectinated. Scutellum and pectus bluish green. Abdomen 

 white beneath. Legs white ; coxae and femora striped with green. 

 Fore wings with some black streaks between the veins ; these streaks 

 are interrupted by a white slightly oblique band, which is dislocated 

 in the middle, and is irregularly bordered with bluish green on the 

 inner side ; two irregular white spots, one of which is subcostal and 

 in front of the other, which is near the exterior border; these spots 

 are enlarged into a band beneath. Hind wings white, with a broad 

 blue border, which is limited to spots on the under side. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



C. Zehma may be distinguished from this species by the straight 

 band and by the absence of exterior spots on the fore wings. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



