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a purplish or pinkish sheen overspreading them, strongest toward the 
outer margin, with a brassy look nearest the body. Along the mar- 
Chrysoplianus thoe. Male. 
gin is a band of dark brown, and several spots adorn the middle of 
the wing, varying in intensity from black to a very faint brown. 
Two rows of faint brown spots cross the wing on its outer portion. 
The lower wings are darker than the upper pair, the purple reflec¬ 
tions extending over the upper half only. The wings are scalloped 
along their lower edges, the points and margin being black, while 
between these black points is a white fringe. Above the black mar¬ 
gin and connected with it is a row of roundish black spots, the 
one nearest the lower angle of the wing being double. Above this 
Chrysoplianus thoe. Under side. 
row of spots and partly enclosing them is a band of orange, widest 
near the angle and narrowing to crescent spots at the top. A single 
almost black line is placed above the centre of the wing. The body 
is black, the antennse are black tipped with orange, and like many of 
the species of this family, they are crossed by numerous fine white 
