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the base of the slender tail, which is longer than in Zephyrus 

 or Heiiophorus, are two orange spots, separated by a cluster of 

 blue atoms. The under side is yellowish-ashy, with some 

 blackish spots in and near the cell, and a dusky line beyond, 

 forming a W above the two orange spots at the anal angle, 

 which are well-marked bolh above and below. The hind- 

 margins are black, preceded by a double reddish line, and the 

 tails are black, tipped with white. The antennae are black, ringed 

 with grey, and the body is ashy above, and yellowish beneath. 

 "The larv?e feed gregariously on various species of wattle, 

 and are invariably attended by ants ; they seem to prefer young 

 or stunted trees. The chrysalides are placed side by side on a 

 common web " {Anderson and S/>ry). According to the figure, 

 the larva appears to be furnished with four rows of short fleshy 

 spines. 



GENUS DEUDORIX. 

 Daidorix, Hewitson, Illustr. Diurn. Lepid. p. i6 (186.3); Dis- 

 tant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 277 (1885); Schatz & Rober, 

 Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 268 (1892). 

 A considerable number of species, inhabiting various parts 

 of the tropics of the Old World, are referred to this genus, 

 which includes moderately-sized species with triangular fore- 

 wings, as in Theda, and a conspicuous lobe at the anal angle 

 cf the hind-wings, and a short tail near it. The species are of 

 various colours : brown, blue, red, or partly white above, and 

 brown, green, yellow, &c., below, with no specially character- 

 istic markings, except that the lobe at the anal angle of the 

 hind-wings is generally marked with a black spot beneath. 



The following species may be regarded as the type : — 



DEUDORIX EPIJARBAS. 



Dipsas epijarbas, Moore, Cat. Lepid. Ins. Mus. E. [. C. i. p. 32, 



no. 40 (1857). 



