THE HESTIAS. 



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There is but little difference in the colours of the under 

 surface of the wings, except that the yellow, blue, and crimson 

 are not quite so brilliant, and the spots are less sharply defined. 





Fio. 328.— Sereeiniis Montela. Female. 

 (Brown, yellow, and nrimson.) 



We now pass to another group of Butterflies, called the 

 Danainse, several examples of which will be figured, and others 

 will be mentioned or briefly described. 



On Plate XIII. Fig. 1 is shown a large Butterfly caUed Hestia 

 Idea. This genus is rather a large one, and as all the species 

 are of very similar colouring, and there is a great tendency to 

 variation, it is not at all easy to distinguish between the species. 

 Mr. Westwood has figured several Hestias in his "Oriental 

 Entomology," and comments upon the difficulty of distinguish- 

 ing between a species and a variety. Speaking of Hestia Jasonia, 

 a Cingalese insect, he makes the following remarks, which are 

 well worthy of notice : — - 



•' How far this may ])e a good specific character must be left 

 for time (or, more properly speaking, the possession of an exten- 

 sive series of specimens of these insects from different localities) 



