1326 CATALOGUE OF 



5. Khescyntis Aspasia. 



Fcem. Fusca ; alee anticce apud costa medium pallide viridi- 

 f usees, basi pallide fusees, fasciis duabus strignque intermedia 

 obliqua nigricante 9 ocello costali strigis rufis albisque subapi- 

 calibus, fasciis duabus exterioribus, una alba undulosa intus 

 nigro marginata, altera nigra angulosa testaceo marginata, 

 strigaque obliqua nigra intus nifo marginata ; posticce basi 

 viridi- f usees, maculis submarginalibus fuscis. 



Aricia Aspasia, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. i. pi. 12, 

 f. 51. 



Female. Brown. Fore wings pale greenish brown about the 

 middle of the costa, pale brown towards the base, with two blackish 

 bands, between which there is an oblique blackish streak, with a 

 costal subapical ocellus, which is accompanied by red and white 

 streaks, with an outer white undulating baud, which is bordered 

 with black on the inner side, and is accompanied on the outer side 

 by a zigzag black testaceous-bordered band ; the latter in front is 

 accompanied by an oblique black streak, which is bordered with red 

 on the inner side. Hind wings greenish brown towards the base, 

 like the fore wings as regards the outer brown band, the white band 

 and the testaceous band ; the black border of the latter is more 

 tinged with blue, and on its outer side there is a row of large brown 

 spots. 



a. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



6. Rhescyntis Meander. 



Mas et fcem. Cervina; proboscis capitis latitudine paullo lon- 

 gior ; alee striga discali atra, fascia albida exteriore undulosa 

 intus atro extus fulvo marginata, lunulis submarginalibus ; 

 anticce apices versus subcyanees, apice rufce striga tenui alba 

 maculisque tribus nigris. 



Male and female. Fawn-colour. Proboscis rather longer than 

 the breadth of the head. Spurs of the hind tibiae rather longer 

 than those of R. Erythrince. Wings with a deep black discal streak 

 and a whitish exterior undulating band, which is bordered with 

 deep black on the inner side and with tawny on the outer side, 

 beyond which there is a row of brown lunules on a paler surface. 

 Fore wings bluish towards the tips, which are red, with a slender 

 white streak, adjoining which hue there is one black spot in front 



