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FIGURE 3.
EDPLCEA DEIONE. WESTW.
Euplrea alis supra nigris, anticis certo situ caMiileo nitidissimis, versus medium punctis duolras albis strigaque
fusco-serieanti ante marginem internum ; posticis immaculatis ; alis omnibus subtus fuscis punctis minutis albis
versus basin, medium et apicem alarum.
Euplcea witli the wings above blacli, the fore ones in certain positions splendidly glossed with blue, having two
small white spots, one near the midtUe of the wings, and tlie other near the midtUe of tlie costa ; a silky brown
streak rims parallel to the inner mai-gin near the first branch of the mechan vein. The under wings are immaculate ;
beneath all tlie wings are brown, rather paler beyond the middle ; a few minute white spots ai-e placed close to the
base, several near the middle of each wing, (one being withui the discoidal cell, and those of the fore wmgs bemg
larger than those of the hind ones), and there is a row of minute submarginal white dots almost obUterated in the
fore wings.
Expansion of the fore wings inches.
Inhabits Assam. Communicated by Major Jenkins.
FIGURE 4.
ACONTIA DOUBLEDAII, WESTW.
Acontia alis anticis basi luteis nigro maculatis et marginatis, apicibus late nigris maculis
ordinatis. Ima h-regulari, 2nda e lunulis elongatis formata, 3tia maculari ; posticis basi uigi-o, al
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i albis triplici serie
„ , albo et luteo variis ;
apice late nigro, macularum albarum duplici serie omato ; Ima majormn ovahum, 2nda paiworum rotundatorum ;
alis subtus sunihter coloratis at panllo paUidioribus.
Acontia with the fore wings luteous at the base, with spots and margins of black, the apical portion of the wmgs
broadly black, with three rows of white markings, the first ii-regular, the second formed of elongated lunules, and
the thii-d foi-med of oval spots : the hind wings with the basal half varied with white, black, and luteous, the apical
border broadly black, with a double row of white spots, the fii-st larger and oval-shaped, the second smaller and
romided, the under side of the wings colom-ed and marked as above, but rather paler.
Expansion of the fore wings 4-5 inches.
Inhabits Sylhet. Unique in the Collection of H. Doubleday, Esq., and communicated by E. Doubleday, Esq.,
in honour of whom it is named.
The plant represented in the plate is the Orchidaceous Bolbophylhim macranthum of Lindley, from
Singapore.
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