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DESCRIPTIONS OF 
Adolias Dirtea, Tab. 10. f. 1, 2. 
A. alis repandis supra nigris, fascia postica ca3rulescenti-alba, 
subtus corticinis maculis indistinctis. 
Femina , alis fusco-nigris maculis flavis; posticis subtus cinereis 
albo-maculatis. 
Papilio Dirtea, Fabr. Ent. Syst . iii. 1. p. 59. Jones, Icon. ined. 
65./. 1. (?). 
Aconthea Boisduvalii, G. R. Gray . 
Adolias Boisduvalii, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lepid. t. 8 ./. 2. 
Adolias Dirtea, Doubl. List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. 1 . p. 104. 
Wings of the male black, with the outer margin of both wings 
margined with purplish silvery white commencing in a point at 
the apex of the fore-wings, gradually becoming broader towards 
the anal angle, and spotted with black. 
Under surface reddish brown, with indistinct spots, and the 
posterior half of the fore- wings purplish. 
Expanse of wings three inches and three quarters. 
Wings of the female, brownish black spotted with yellow ; the 
under surface of the fore-wings like the upper, but paler ; the 
hinder wings are light silvery cinereous spotted with white. 
Expanse of wings four inches and three quarters. 
Inhab. Sumatra. 
Adolias Francise, Tab. 14. 
A. alis repandis olivaceo-viridibus disco strigis nigris utrinque 
fascia maculari in medio et serie macularum marginalium ; 
posticis maculis duabus albis. 
Aconthea Francise, G. R. Gray. 
Adolias Franciae, Doubt. List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. 1. p. 104. 
Wings olive green with a spotted band down the centre of 
each wing somewhat in the form of a V, also two white spots 
near the summit of the fore-wings, and a series of white lines 
