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B. Forewing with a large coloured spot extending into cell. 



a. Spot pale lemon, nearly circular ahrota. 



b. Spot rich orange, extending to base iantJiin. 



C. Forewing with a pale lemon spot external to end of cell of 



forewing. 

 a. Basal colour green, blue, light or dark purple, two or three 



blunt tails to hnidwnig and vars. 



h. Central areas violet, hindwing rounded, fringes white, of 



large size idiiio. 



c. Central areas purple, hindwing rounded, of moderate size., otanes. 



D. Without any light spot to forewing. 



a. Hindwing on underside with large white blotches on eosta ohnie. 

 h. Hindwing on underside without white blotches harnardi. 



Ogyris gexoveva, Hewitson. 



Exot. Butfc. i. t. 1, figs. i3, 6, 9, 1853 ; Misk., Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lorid. 1883, p. 343, pi. 15; Stand., Exot. Schmett. t. 96, 1888: 

 0. zosine, Hew., Exot. Butt., i. t. 1, figs. 3, 4, ^, 1853; Cat. Lye. 

 B.M. t. 1, f. 7, cJ, 1862. 



The male of this species is dark velvety purple on upperside in 

 southern forms, and dull light purple in northern forms The 

 underside of southern specimens is also much richer and darker. 

 It is difficult to say which is the typical form of the female, my 

 series showing basal coloured areas of green from near Sydney 

 and Brisbane, dark purple from the Richmond River, pale blue 

 from Brisbane, and purplish-blue and dull purple from Townsville. 

 The female has three tail-like projections to the median nervules, 

 the middle one being smallest. 



Hewitson described and figured both male and female in the 

 same work and on the same page, so that strictly 0. zosiitf' should 

 stand for this species, but as it has always been known as 0. 

 genoveva it is best that that name should be retained. Hewitson 

 figures (Cat. Lye. B.M.) the underside of 0. zosine 9, but this is 

 clearly an error for the male, since no pale-coloured subapical 

 blotch is shown. The New Guinea species, .0. meekii, Roths., is 

 close to this species, but has a much better developed tail. 



Exp. (J 20-28 mm. (25), 9 20-31 mm (27) (S ''^), 9 ^0). 



