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pupilled with white. A closely allied species, L. ayresii Trimen, 

 is found at Natal, but in this case both sexes are reddish- 

 fulvous, with a black blotch on the middle of the costa of 

 the fore-wings. It is described as a very pugnacious insect, 

 flying up and down at the edges of woods at a height of from 

 six to ten feet from the ground, and attacking and driving away 

 other Butterflies. 



The only other African genus allied to Argynnis, which we 

 need notice, is Atella of Doubleday. The few species much 

 resemble the East Indian forms to be noticed in the next 

 section. One of them, A tella phalan fa, Drury, is found in both 

 the Ethiopian and Indian Regions. 



Indian and Austro- Malay an Regions. 



These Regions, which it is often most convenient to treat as 

 one, as in the present case, possess several remarkable genera 

 of the Argynnis group, in addition to Argynnis, Ccthosia 

 and Cynthia, which we have already discussed. They all 

 extend to India or South China (except, perhaps, Terinos), and 

 are represented by numerous species in the different islands 

 between India and Australia. 



Among these genera, Terinos of Boisduval is one of the 

 most remarkable, as it departs altogether from the usual style 

 of coloration in the group. It consists of handsome Butter- 

 flies, usually measuring above three inches across the wings, 

 which are dark brown or black, often adorned with masses of 

 rich purple above, and paler below, with a row of large black 

 spots on the disc, bordered within by a festooned grey or 

 purplish-grey line. Many species are adorned with grey or 

 reddish blotches towards the tips of the fore-wings, and the 

 anal angle of the hind-wings. The fore-wings are longer than 

 the hind-wings, and the latter are somewhat angulated and 

 dentated. 



The genus Cirrochroa, Doubleday, brings us back to the 



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