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PLATE XIX.
( O R D E R — L E P I D O P T E R A . SE C T I O N — D I U R N A . FAMILY—NYJIPIIALIDYB. SWAINSON.)
AMATHUSIA AMYTHAON. E. DOHELEDAY, (ANN. NAT. HIST. xix. 17S, March 1847.)
Figiu'e 1, 2, Male ; Figure 3, Female.
Amatlmsia alia oiimibus supra fuscis ; anticis fascia oliliqua lata (in mare tete cteruiea, in foeniiua fulva), subtus
pallide cliocoladinis, strigis 7 trausversis iucequalibus saturatioribus, pcsticis oceUis duobus albo pupiliatis punctisque
duobus nigris in cauda abbreviata.
Amatliusia witli all the wings above bro™, the fore ones ivith an oblique broad fascia, light blue in the male,
fulvous in the female ; beneath aU the wings pale chocolate, with 7 transverse unequal darker streaks ; the huid
ones with two oval ocelli having white pupils, and the short tails with two black dots.
Expansion of the fore ivings, about 5 inches.
Inliabits Sylhet.
D E S C R I P T I O N . — M a l e above, all tlie M U G S blackish brown, the basal portions being the darkest; the
anterior are traversed by a broad oblique band of a beautiful light blue with purplish reflections, commencing
close to the costa, a little beyond the middle of the cell, and occupying in width about onethird
of the costa, extending obliquely across to the inner angle of the wing, terminating near the
outer margin, where its upper boundary is the second branch of the median vein. The hind wings
have the anal margin of a delicate pale lavender grey, fringed with a very thick row of long pale
brown hairs; the anal angle is produced into a rather broad short tail, in which are two small black
dots. Below, all the wings are pale chocolate coloined, -svith lavender reflections, the anterior
traversed by seven, and the posterior by fom- richer brown transverse lines, the first crossing all the
wings, near the base; the second extending from the costa across the discoidal cell of the fore wings,
and terminating near the middle of the discoidal cell of the hind wings; the third very slender, crossing
the discoidal cell of the fore wings beyond the middle; the fom'th extending from the costa of the
fore wings and terminating just above the inner of the ocelli of the hind wings ; the fifth paler and more
oblique, extending only across the fore wings, crossing the third branch of the median vein where it is
angulated; the sixth extending from near the apex of the fore wings to the outside of the inner ocelli of
the hind wings, beyond which it again reappears for a short distance; and the seventh very sUght and
submarginal, extending into the anal tail and again ascending along the anal margin of the hind
wings. Tlic hind Avings are, moreover, marked with two oval occlli, consisting of a very slender dark
brown ring with a white pupil, the remaining space filled with minute iiTorations, one near the costal
margin, beyond the middle, the other towards the tail, which is marked as above : the body and
antennai are brown.
The female differs in having the mugs paler brown, mt h the obhque fascia of the fore wings much
narrower, commencing outside of the discoidal cell, and of a fulvous colour, marked across within the
outer margin by a brown waved striga.
O B S E R V A T I O N S . — T h e male here figured is from the collection of H. GR. Harrington, Esq.; the
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