254 AUSTRALIAN RllOPALOCERA : LVC.KS ID.E, III., 



Ialmenus, Hiibner. 



Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 75, 1816 ; (part) Hew., 111. Diurn. Lep. 

 p. 52, 1865. 



Forewing with costa gently arched, apex blunt, outer margin 

 nearly straight in g, slightly convex in 9, inner margin straight; 

 subcostal nervure with 3 or 4 branches in $, 3 in 9. Hindivivg 

 with costa arched, apex round, outer margin straight towards 

 apex, then prolonged into 3 or 4 tail-like projections, which help 

 to discriminate between species, that to 1st median nervule always 

 longest, and usually developed into a long tail. Anal lohe well 

 defined. Scheme of marking almost the same for every species, 

 the variation being mainly in colouration. 



Upper side. — Forewing black or brown, with a metallic 

 patch occupying about ^ wing; beginning basally it occupies J to 

 whole of cell, extending slightly beyond it, thence sweeping round 

 almost in a circle to inner margin. Nervules in this metallic area 

 well defined. End of cell marked by a conspicuous dark elongate 

 spot. Dark margin paler basally, very wide at apex, decreasing 

 to angle where it ends. Hiiidioing black or brown, with a 

 metallic patch occupying h wing, beginning basally and bounded 

 by subcostal and submedian nervures, of greater extent towards 

 anal angle, nervules in this patch well defined. Anal lobe black 

 or orange; a round large jet black caudal spot crowned with red 

 or orange; between 1st median nervule and submedian nervure 

 near margin black or brown, crowned with white or bluish, never 

 oran^'e; a submarginal interneural white line usually more exten- 

 sive in 9. The projections always longer in 9. Abdominal fold 

 paler. 



Underside. — Forewing some shade of stone-grey or pale 

 brown, with darker spots and bands usually bordered with paler 

 colour ; three spots in cell, 1st subbasal, 2nd in middle, 3rd 

 elongate, marking end of cell; below 2nd, outside cell rarely in g 

 but usually in 9, a very variable spot, sometimes very large, some- 

 times only a dot; a macular interneural discal band beginning 

 almost from costa, extending to submedian nervure; costal spots 



