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   THYSONOTIS. 
  I. 
  

  

  I.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  DISPAE. 
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  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  ? 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  about 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  J\Jale. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  lilac-blue, 
  lighter 
  than 
  in 
  T. 
  Apollonliis, 
  

   Felcl. 
  ; 
  costa 
  and 
  outer 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  black; 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  which 
  runs 
  

   from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  species 
  only 
  just 
  

   indicated. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  light 
  blue 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  foUowed 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  

   white 
  band, 
  slightly 
  suffused 
  with 
  light 
  blue 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  followed 
  Ijy 
  

   a 
  black 
  border, 
  which 
  is 
  suffused 
  with 
  lilac-blue 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  costa 
  for 
  three- 
  

   quarters 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  brownish-black, 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  metallic 
  

   azure-blue 
  band, 
  nearly 
  obsolete 
  opposite 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  curves 
  rouiul, 
  and 
  

   forms 
  a 
  narrow 
  submarginal 
  band. 
  A 
  white 
  tapering 
  band 
  runs 
  upwards 
  from 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  hind 
  margin, 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  central 
  creamy-white 
  

   band. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  azure-blue 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  large 
  circular 
  

   black 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  imperfectly 
  surrounded 
  with 
  azure-blue. 
  

  

  Body 
  and 
  antenna? 
  black, 
  orbits 
  blue, 
  thorax 
  with 
  long 
  bluisli 
  hair 
  in 
  front 
  

   and 
  whitish 
  hair 
  behind 
  ; 
  al)domen 
  white 
  beneath, 
  and 
  blue 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  above. 
  

  

  I'tinale. 
  Upperside 
  dull 
  brownish-black, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  central 
  white 
  band 
  

   on 
  all 
  the 
  wings, 
  much 
  dusted 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  it 
  is 
  curved, 
  

   and 
  though 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  costa 
  it 
  approaches 
  more 
  nearly 
  to 
  it 
  than 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  sex 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  species. 
  

  

  Underside 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  is 
  l)lacker. 
  On 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  central 
  band 
  is 
  narrower, 
  and 
  is 
  white, 
  without 
  any 
  

   creamy 
  tinge. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  narrowly 
  banded 
  with 
  white 
  above. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  JULY, 
  1895. 
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