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210 towards the posterior margin), and the third close to the outer margin: the apex of the wings is marked by a large blackish patch. In the hind wings the three bars are also continued across the surface, meeting at the anal angle; the first straight, the second angulated over the tail, and the third forming an arch over the base of the tail, which has two black spots, the outer one with an external orange stripe; the tail slender and curved. The antennæ are black. Expansion of the wings one inch and three-quarters. This species is from Rio Janeiro, the specimen figured being in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. The following also belong to this genus:—

A. .—Cream colour, nearly white; upper wings with three transverse brown bars, the second not reaching to the posterior edge, and the third, which is placed close to the margin, not extending to the apex; the latter unspotted; costa marked with short black lines. The first and outer bar of the upper wings are continued across the under pair, meeting at the anal angle; the external one margined with black, and the tail itself