Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustraions of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies . r margin. Posterior wings with around spot near the base below the costal nervure, and two very large patchesbeyond, the outermost of which extends from the costal margin over the inter-space between the first and second subcostal nervules, the other spots nearly asin A. Anunda; a few dark bars a little before the outer margin, and a darkvelvety spot above the anal angle, crowned with a few bluish-grey scales; all thespots and markings on both wings are brown, margined on each side with palepinkish-br
Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustraions of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies . r margin. Posterior wings with around spot near the base below the costal nervure, and two very large patchesbeyond, the outermost of which extends from the costal margin over the inter-space between the first and second subcostal nervules, the other spots nearly asin A. Anunda; a few dark bars a little before the outer margin, and a darkvelvety spot above the anal angle, crowned with a few bluish-grey scales; all thespots and markings on both wings are brown, margined on each side with palepinkish-browTi lines; the ground-colour is paler pinkish-brown than the spots,except the space below the lowest median ncrvule to the inner margin of theanterior wings, which is greyish-brown. One specimen only. The underside has a strong superficial resemblance to A. Aminda, but thevery large subcostal brown spots on the posterior wings at once distinguish itfrom that species, while on the upperside it bears no resemblance to it. lu the Collection of the Hou. Walter Rothschild. ARHOPALATII,& 1. ARHOEALA 2. o 5 67. ALCESTIS c?ATHARA. JADHERBAL oAPPIANUS .d*HELIANTHES xrnp 8 9 ILERDA EIAMA d10. n 12 HORAGA. SAMCENA ^ 13. 14 15 ^?^T T-\r»i LYCENID^.-COriental). PLATE III. IX.—ARHOPALA ALCESTIS. s . Fig. 1. Exp. If inches. Male. Upperside. Dark bluish-purple, outer margins narrowly black. Underside. Both wings closely resemble the specimen which is figuredby Mr. Hewitson as the female of his A. Alee, but on the anterior wings thefifth spot in the transverse band is more extended outwardly and the sixth spotis broader ; the spot at the end of the cell is broader and crossed at its middleby a curved brownish-white line ; there is a dull spot below the cell towards thebase in the interspace between the lowest median nervule and the sub-mediannervure. The posterior wings scarcely differ from those of the so-called female ofJ. .4/(7; but there is
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