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of hind wing brown; base of wings dark blue; dark round caudal 

 and anal spots. Tail black, bordered with white. Cilia brown. 



Underside. — Forevnng brown, with darker brown spots 

 and bands as in U. oiti/cha, a broad band of white on either 

 side of discal brown band, a brown submarginal lunular band. 

 Cilia brown. Hindwivg brown, with darker brown spots and 

 band as in U. 07iycha, upper half of discal band disjointed, 

 very dark brown, bordered on either side with broad white 

 bands; caudal spot round, jet black, crowned with orange. Cilia 

 whitish. 



^. 10-13 mm. U p p e r s i d e. — Forewimj blackish-brown, with 

 the cell and inner margin from base to near angle covered 

 with pale metallic-blue scales ; a variable white spot just 

 beyond end of cell, situated between subcostal and 1st median. 

 Cilia white. Hindivhiy blackish-brown, with a very variable 

 suffusion of pale blue metallic scales between subcostal and 

 submedian, apical angle whitish, outer marginal interneural 

 series of white lunules; caudal spot black, crowned with white. 

 Cilia whitish. Tail black, tipped with white. 



Underside as in $ but spots and bands much better 

 defined and darker, white patches more extensive. 



This beautiful little species appears to be rare, and I have been 

 able to obtain only rather worn specimens for examination; its 

 nearest ally is JSfac. palmyra, especially on the underside, but the 

 purplish-brown of the male and the pale blue metallic scales of 

 the female easily distinguish it. The female may be distinguished 

 from the females of the allied forms N. lineata and ^Y. palmyra 

 by the much less extensive white patch of the forewing. 



Loc. — Hichmond River, N.S.W., to Cairns, Q: (^ 2, 9 8). 



Ogyris, Westwood. 



Gen. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 47*2, 1850; Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 K S.Wales, 1890 pp. 23-28. 



Forewing with costa gently arched, apex somewhat acute, outer 

 margin sometimes convex or sometimes straight, inner margin 

 straight. Himhving rounded, often dentate or drawn out at anal 



