THE THALESTRIS BUTTERFLY. 



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well-known "Whites" that they can scarcely he distinguished 

 from them without careful observation. One of the most curi- 

 ously coloured is Ajopias placidia, of Amhoyna. Above, this 

 insect is entirely brown, with the exception of a slight edging of 

 white round the wings. Behind, it is also brown, but looks as 

 i f it had been thickly dusted with some grey flour. 



In colour the Gallidryas Thalestris much resembles our well- 

 known " Orange-tip " Butterfly, although the colours are dis- 

 tributed differently. The ground colour of the wings is king's 



Fig. 3i0.— Gallidryas Thalestris 

 (Yellow aud orange. 



yellow, and near the middle of each of the upper pair is a large 

 oval patch of bright orange. Above this orange patch is a small 

 diamond- shaped mark of jetty black. The abdomen is yellow, 

 the thorax is black, with a fringe of very long bright yellow 



