LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 173 



Foem. — Alee anticce breviores, latiores, liturisex maxima parte 

 albidis. 



Male. Deep blue. Head and fore part of the thorax bright 

 orange. Palpi black; first and second joints bright orange beneath. 

 Antenna? black, moderately pectinated. Thorax with an orange 

 band between the hind wings. Pectus and under side of the abdo- 

 meu mostly covered with bright orange wool. Abdomen with a 

 bright orange band on each segment ; tip bright orange. Hind 

 tibiae much dilated. Fore wings very long and narrow, with orange 

 semihyaline markings ; these consist of a streak extending from the 

 base, an irregular abbreviated band before the middle, and two 

 exterior macular bands. Hind wings with an irregular very broad 

 orange semihyaline band, which is sometimes partly whitish and 

 contains a deep blue patch on the interior border and a deep blue 

 streak across the end of the discai areolet; a submarginal undula- 

 ting line of orange semihyaline spots, parallel to the outer border of 

 the band. Female. — Antennae slightly less pectinated than those of 

 the male. Fore wings shorter and broader ; markings, except the 

 submarginal band, mostly whitish. Length of the body 14 — 16 

 lines; of the wings 42 — 48 lines. 



Amboina. Batchian. Ceram. 



a. Timor. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



EUSCHEMA CONTRARIA. 



Mas. Cyanea ; caput antice flavum aut album ; palpi nigri aut 

 fusci, subtus fiavi ; antenna subpectinatce ; thorax mo.culis 

 duabus lateralibus albis, postiee cinereo-flavescens ; pectus 

 flavum, lanuyinosum ; abdomen subcervinum, apicem versus 

 cyaneum, segmentis flavo aut albo marginatis ; tibice posticce 

 incrassatce; alee anticce longissima?, perangustce, slriga basali 

 lata fasciisque tribus macularibus albis semihyalinis ; posticce 

 breves, latee, basi fasciaque maculari albis semihyalinis, fascia 

 submarginali arcuata flava maculari. Foem. — Alee anticce 

 breviores, latiores ; posticce angustiores. 



Male. Deep blue. Head yellow or white in front, yellow 

 behind. Palpi brown or black, yellow beneath ; third joint conical, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated. Thorax with a large white spot on each side 

 between the fore wings ; hind part slightly cinereous or yellowish. 

 Pectus bright yellow, lanuginous. Abdomen pale fawn-colour, deep 



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