( 595 ) 



Underside. Forewing: white aria more extended than it is generally in S ; 



snbnipdian and median bars JI- — M' often present, bnt fnsed together ; median bar 

 11^ — M' seldom entirely absent ; white discal band broader, extended to discal line, 

 from which it is seldom separated by a narrow olive-tawny interspace ; oeeasionally 

 the band is prolonged to the abdominal triangnlar patch standing at proximal side 

 of the last black discal Innule, in which case median bars M' — SM- arc^ more 

 proximal than nsnally ; black snbmarginal spots larger and more transverse than 

 in S. 



In the white cellalar patch of the forewing below there apjjcar rarely black 

 dots, either isolated or joined to the black bars. 



Length S forewing, costal margin 47 mm., internal margin )i3 mm. 



32 „ 

 24 „ 

 24 .. 

 4n .. 

 :!'.! .. 

 :i2 .. 

 . . . :*" •• 



Larva and chrysalis, see p. 073. 



Ilah. Queensland, o <?c?, in ? ? : N.W. Australia : X. S. Wales, 4 JcJ, s ? ? ; 

 1,1 ird Howe Island. 



Viiriation. — As said in the above description, the white area of the wings 

 varies considerably. Outhe whitest specimens Felder's ti/rfacus is founded; but we 

 do not think that even Felder would have treated these extreme individuals as speci- 

 fically distinct from scinjjroiiiiis if he had not lieen uudi'r the wrong impression that 

 his ti/rtaCHS came from North India ; he compares it with pyrrhiiii only, not with 

 semproniiis. The same form is figured by Swainson from N.W. Australia as 

 (tustralis. 



ffab>fs.—t'<em.])eT (I.e.) says : " The imagines like to settle on tlie trunks of 

 trees, of which they suck the exuding sap : they are then drowsy, and are easily 

 caught." 



Fraser (Lc.) records: "The Australian Emjx-ror {('hanu-es Semjii-oiii(i.t) is 

 another camphor-tree insect, but it also feeds on some of the wattles. A truly 

 grand creatni'c he is . , . and particularly noticeable from the wonderful rajiidity 

 of flight. I seldom saw them rest for more than a few moments, bnt they would 

 glide swiftly nj) an<l down between the long rows of orange trees, then suddenly 

 rise and flash out of sight over the tops of the forest trees." 



Mr. Edwards {I.e.) says of this insect : ••The Ckmtxcs as it alights upon a 

 bunch of the beautiful and sweet-scented flowers of Bursaria spinosa closes its 

 wings with a grating sound not uidike that of the Pre.pona, and repeats the same 

 as it is disturbed from its resting-])lace." 



0. Eulepis cognatus (Fig. 33, 6). 



Charaxes cognatus YoMenhovea, Tr/dschi: i: Ent. IV. p. l.-)9. t. I.K. p. 1.2 (1801) (Molucca.s); 

 But]., P. Z. H. p. 15.34. n 44 (1805) ; Staud., Ej-oI. HcluneM. p. 17:i (1880) (Celebes) ; Rothscli., 

 Iris IV. p. 437 (18!)'2) (S. Celebes) ; But!., ./oimi. Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 380. n. 101 (189.'>) 

 (Moluccas!). 



Niiiitplmlix cognatus, Kirby, Cat. Hiiini. Lr/i. p. 271. n. 42 (1H71). 



c?. Bodv above olivaceous black, licad and pronotnm witli the usnal white dots: 



