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Larva found on Diosiiyros montamis. The dorsal row of ocellate spots, ten in 

 number, were formed of a narrow outer circle of indigo-blue, within which was a 

 lilac or plum-coloured shade passing into a deeper sienna-red in the centre ; the first 

 and last spots were very small and the colours not distinct." 



Habits of Imago. — Mr. E. H. Aitken says, " in habits this is a Junonia, or 

 perhaps, I should rather say, a Piirameis. It flies low and alights generally on the 

 ground, where it basks with wings expanded " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1886, 134). 

 Mr. J. Betham observes, " this sprightly little butterfly looks something like a 

 Fritillary in colour. It has a quick and jerky flight, something like that of the 

 Junonige. Its habits are very much the same as /. Orithijia and 0. Lemonias, and 

 it is very fond of sugar and Mhowa refuse " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 284). 



Of the illustrations of this species on our Plate 209, fig. 1 is fi'om the late SirW. 

 Elliot's di'awing of the larva ; fig. lb, a copy of Dr. Forsayeth's drawing of the 

 pupa (I.e.) ; fig. 1, b, c, upperside of male and female, and fig. 1 d, e, f, g, undersides 

 of males. 



Malayan allied Genus. — G-enus Lexias, Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Ins. p. 125 

 (1832). Male. Forewing triangular ; costa arched towards the end, apex rounded, 

 exterior margin almost even and slightly concave in the middle ; first subcostal 

 veinlet emitted at one-half before end of the cell and anastomosed to the costal for 

 a short distance before end of the latter ; second subcostal emitted at one-fifth before 

 end of the cell, third emitted at one-sixth beyond the cell and anastomosed to the 

 second for a short distance before the end of the latter; cell closed; middle dis- 

 cocellular concave, lower nearly straight; middle median emitted at some distance 

 before lower end of the cell. Hinclioing broadly ovate, exterior margin almost even, 

 convex posteriorly ; cell open. Eyes naked. Type. L. ^ropus. — Lexias zEropus 

 (Pap, iEropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 475. Cramer, ii. pi. iii. figs. F. G.), 

 Doubleday and Hewits. D. Lep. pi. 48, fig. 6, S (1850). Staudinger, Iris, 1895, 

 pi. 3, figs. 12, 13, larva and pupa. Habitat. Batchian; Ceram. — Lexias Panopus 

 (Lexias Panopus, Felder, Wieu. Ent. Mon. 1861, p. 302; Adolias Panopus, Feld. 

 Reise Nov. Lep. iii. pi. 58, figs. 2, 3 (1867). Semper, Reisen Phil. Lep. p. 95, 

 pi. 17, fig. 1, ? (1888). Habitat. Philippines. — Lexias JEetes (Adolias J^etes, 

 Hewitson, Exot. Butt. ii. Adol. pi. 1, figs. 1, 2. Habitat. Celebes. — Lexias 

 Phasiana (Symph^edra Phasiana, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1884, p. 60. Habitat. 

 Macassar. 



Genus BASSARONA. 



Adolias (sect. 8, part), Felder, Neues Lep. p. 3.5 (1861). 

 Symphsedra (part), de Niceville, Butt, of India, ii. p. 185 (1886). 

 Enthalia (Dophla) (part), de Niceville, J. A. Soc. Bengal, 1894, p. 17. 



Imago. — Forewing triangular ; costa slightly arched, apex obtusely pointed, 



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