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ZYGjENID^E. 



Genus AMESIA. 

 Ainesia, Duncan, Nat. Libr., Ent. vii. p. 93 (1841). 



Type, A. sanguifiua, Drury. 



Range. N.E. India ; Burma ; Malacca ; Borneo ; Java. 



Claspers in male very much enlarged ; branches of antenna? 

 short ; frons very much produced. Fore wing with the apex and 

 outer margin rather square ; veins 7, 8, and 9 stalked. 



582. Amesia sanguifiua, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. ii, p. 35, pi. 20, 



figs. 1,2; C. 8? 8. no. 402. 



Antennas blue ; head, thorax, and abdomen black, marked with 

 metallic blue or green. Tore wing black, with some bluish subbasal 

 marks ; five irregularly placed yellow spots near the base ; the 

 veins broadly edged with vinous red from just before the middle of 

 the wing to near outer margin ; four small white spots below the 



Amesia sanguifltm, rf . 



costa, two in the cell and five beyond ; a submarginal series of white 

 spots. Hind wing black, with a broad brilliant blue apical marginal 

 band narrowing to anal angle ; two small white spots in the cell on a 

 brilliant blue ground and four beyond. Underside with the white 

 spots larger, more numerous, and all on blue grounds : a yellow 

 spot in cell of hind wing in addition to those on fore wing. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Sylhet ; Shillong ; Burma. Exp. 100- 

 110 milium 



583. Amesia aliris, Doubl. A. M.N. H. (1) xix. p. 74 ; C. 8f S. no. 400. 



Differs from sanguifiua in the fore wing being without the 

 vinous edges to the veins, and the spots being reddish orange instead 

 of vellow. 



