230 



THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



Debis Portlandia, male (natural size). 



yellowish, two of them small, the three larger pupilled 

 with dark black. On the hind wings there are five 



subequal rather large 

 FlG - 70 - eye-spots. The outer 



border is composed of 

 two lines slightly paler 

 than the ground color, 

 with a dark line and a 

 dark internal shade. 



Under side brown as 

 above, with a violet 

 tinge, traversed by two 

 brown sinuous lines, be- 

 tween which there is a discoidal arc of the same color. 

 The eye-spots are brighter and blacker than above, the 

 iris yellow and pupil white, the anal one on the hind 

 wings double. Those on the fore wings are enclosed in 

 an oblong white ring. A similar ring enclosing those of 

 the hind wings is crenate, the first and the last cut off 

 from the others by cross-lines. The border is composed 

 of white, brown, and dark yellow lines. 



This species is to be found in woodlands, the male 

 sitting on the body of some tree, from which it flies upon 

 the approach of any intruder. After flitting about the 

 trespasser upon its domain it returns to the same or an 

 adjacent tree. The females are mostly to be found on 

 the wild grasses that grow in such places, upon which 

 the larvae feed. 



The eggs are obovoid, the base a little flattened, and 

 under the middle thereof is a slightly rounded protuber- 

 ance of less diameter, smooth. Color greenish white. 

 The young larva is cylindrical, head twice the diame- 



