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Vront-wings traversed beyond the middle by a series of six small 
spots, the third to fifth lunular,the others sub-ovate ; a sub-costal 
of the same colour between them and the apex. 
KmA-wings with an oblique discal series of seven blue spots. 
ring from the apex to the anal angle ; eight sub-margmal white 
ts delicately encircled by blue scales and seven linear mar gmal 
^. abdominal margin and body brown, coarsely clothed with hair. 
' mugs hdow silky olivaceous, the apical area inclining to ochraceous 
, sharply defined by a curved line running from the anal angle of 
,hind. to the apex of the front-wings ; the basal area crossed by two 
...ular silvery bands, terminating in the front-wings in two ochraceous 
& ; the interior band limited outwardly, and the exterior one inwardly, 
a black and white line. .1,11 
Front-wings witb a pale undulated line upon apical area, two black 
Hate spots with white irides near the base, and a black stria at the 
1 of the cell. , . , ^ 1 •- u 
mnd-wings with a large sub-anal silver patch and eight white sub- 
Irginal spots, the three nearest the anal angle pupiUated with black ; 
iy brown, the centre of the thorax, palpi, tibi^, and tarsi ochraceous. 
'pause of wings 3i inches. 
Inhabits West Africa (Ashanti ?). 
This beautiful species, which I hope shortly to be able to figure, is 
lied to Tiridates and ilf^cerma, the coloration of the upper surface 
>ing somewhat similar to the former, the shape of the wmgs and 
iderside colouring more nearly approaching the latter species. 
British Museum : Uh May, 1869. _ 
NOTE ON THE (ECONOMY OP mATVS SALICETI, FALLEN. 
BY ALBEET MTJLLEE. 
In the beginning of August, 1868, 1 collected in this neighbourhood 
quantity of the common elongated spongy galls, belonging to this 
pecies They occurred on a willow {Salia: frag ills r), on which it 
Lid have been difficult to point out a leaf not beset with two or 
lore specimens; in fact, many leaves were crowded to excess and 
.esented the appearance of two rows of red rugose beans, but the 
lidrib of the leaves was free throughout. 
The larv* were fuU-fed about the 8th of August. Unlike othei 
.all-feeders of the genus, they had not eaten the gdls to a c^an th.n 
Lll, but left a rather thick fleshy covering ^^^^^^^^^^^ /^"^^^^^^^^^ 
mawed a round hole and dropped to the ground, leaving then late 
