266 AUSTRALIAN RIlOPALOCh'RA : fA'C.l^y / DJ:, III., 



Rapala, Moore. 



Lep. Cey. i. p. 105, hS81; de Nicev., Butt. Ind. iii. p. 454, 1890. 



Forewing triangular, costa straight, apex acute, outer margin 

 slightly convex, inner margin in ^ with a broad tuft of hair 

 beneath; subcostal three-branched. HindwiiKj produced towards 

 anal angle, outer margin somewhat straight, a glandular patch of 

 scales between costal and subcostal nervures, a single tail to 1st 

 median, anal lobe well developed. Tj^pe DevAorix varunay 

 Horsf. 



This genus is closely allied to Deudorix, but differs from it in 

 having the hindwing less produced, and by the presence of 

 secondary sexual characters which are absent in Deudorix. Of 

 the two Australian species I place in this genus as having 

 secondary sexual characters in the male, R. democles after 

 thorough structural examination may have to be removed. 



A. Upperside glossy indigo-blue simsoni. 



B. Upperside pale blue ., democle>i. 



Hapala simsoxi, Miskin (Plate ii., fig. 2G). 



Deudorix simsoni, Misk., Ent. Mo. Mag. xi. p. 165, 1874: D. 

 vanuia, Semp., (nee Horsf.) Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 167, 1878. 



^. 13-17 mm. (15). Shape much as in D. diovis. 



Upperside deep indigo-blue, much darker on costal margins, 

 outer margins well defined, narrow on hindwing, a white marginal 

 line at anal angle; anal lobe well developed, black, crowned with 

 orange; tail long, filamentous, black, tipped with white. Second- 

 ar}^ sexual characters represented b}' a tuft of black hairs on 

 middle of inner margin of forewing on underside, and a glandular 

 patch of scales on costal margin of hindwing on upperside. 

 Cijia brown. 



Underside brown with a purplish reflection, elongate spots 

 marking end of cells, close to which are the broad dark discal 

 bands, near anal angle Ijordered with white. Anal lobe marked 

 b}- a large black spot; caudal spot round, black, crowned with 

 white; a sutiusion of metallic scales near anal an2fle. Cilia white. 



