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furrowed : mouth brown: a single ridge on the shield of the chest : 

 three ridges on the scutcheon ; the side pair cuiTcd and inclosing a 

 semicircle, of which the middle one is the radius: hiiid-chest red : 

 abdomen bright red iibove, black beneath : legs black, furrowed ; 

 thighs and shanks marked with yellow ; hind-shanks unned with 

 spines: fore-wings olive-green, adorned with very numerous dark 

 brown dots and spots, which are partly confluent towards the tip ; 

 fore border tawny from the base to half the length, beyond which 

 there is a nearly square white spot, and the hindjborder has a corres- 

 ponding white spot : hind-wings luteous, red at the base and along 

 the inner border, adorned with about twelve black spots and dots 

 and with four white dots, blackish-brown along the hind border and 

 towards the tip, near which there is an irregular blue spot. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 25 lines, 

 o, b. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



24. ApHiENA lo. Mas. 



Flawi-fuscai caput et mesnthorax nigro punctata ; abdomen rufum, 

 fusco fasciatum, lateribus nigra idltatum, subius nigro macur 

 latum ; pedes nigri ; femora et tibia nigro fasciattc ; al<e anti- 

 ca flavo-ftisca: nigro varice, apice albido maculatcE alapoHtictB 

 luteee nigro alboque maculatee, basi rufie, apice nigra cceruleo 

 inaculalai. 



Nearly allied to A. Confucius, but distinguished by the hind- 

 wings, which have some white dots in the disk, and a blue spot on 

 each black lip. Body yellowish-brown : head and middle-chest 

 punctured with black, ridged as usual : mouth brown, as long as 

 the body : hind-chest red : abdomen bright red ; underside spotted 

 with black, having a black stripe along each side, and a brown hind 

 border to each segment: legs black; thighs and shanks adorned 

 with irregular yellow bands; hind-shanks armed with spines: fore- 

 wings yellowish brown with numerous black marks which are con- 

 fluent and form a black spot at the tip of the hind border ; this spot 

 has a yellowish white spot adjoining : hind-wings luteous, red at the 

 base and along the inner border, adorned with about twelve black 

 spots and with four white spots, brown along the hind border, termi- 

 nating in a very large black spot which has a blue disk. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines, 

 a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



