278 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker on 



Ogyris meeki, Rotlis. 



0. meeki, Roths. Nov. Zool. VII, p. 274, pi. V, fig. 1, 

 1900. 



The female of this species is as yet unknown ; we may 

 expect it to have three tails and to have a pale spot on the 

 primaries ; the male is the largest of the genus and the 

 only species that has fully developed tails ; the outline of 

 wings is different to all others inasmuch as the costa of 

 the primaries is more strongly arched and the apex 

 produced, with the termen slightly excavated below it, 

 thus giving it a very distinctive appearance from the rest 

 of its allies ; it may also be recognized by the uniform deep 

 purplish tone of its upper-side which is quite different from 

 the colour of any other species of the genus. 



Ogyris zosine, Hew. 



0. zosine, Hew., Exot. Butt., I, pi. I, figs. 3, 4, $ , 1853. 

 id. Kirby, Cat. D. L., p. 423 (1871). id. Semper, Journ. 

 Mus. Godef. Heft 14, p. 55, 1878. id. Hew., Cat. Lye. 

 B. M., pi. I, fig. 7, $ (nee $), 1862. id. idem. 111. Dium. 

 Lep., p. 2, 1863. id. Miskin, Ann. Queensl. Mus., No. 1, 

 p. 71, 1891. 0. genoveva, Hew., Exot. Butt. I, pi. I, figs. 

 5, 6, $, 1S53. id. Semper, Journ. Mus. Godef. Heft 14, 

 p. 55, 1878. id. Hew., Cat. Lye, B. M., p. 3, 1862. id. 111. 

 Diurn. Lep., p. 2, 1863. id. Staud., Exot. Schmett. taf 96, 

 1888. id. Miskin, P. L. S., N. S.W., p. 23, 1890. id. Miskin, 

 Ann. Queensl. Mus., No. 1, p. 71, 1891. id. Waterh., P. L. S., 

 N. S.W., p. 245, 1903. id. idem. Mem. N. S.W. Nat. Club, 

 p. 29, 1903. 



This species is probably the best known of the genus, 

 and is apparently becoming a dominant species ; there are 

 already three distinct local races in different parts of the 

 country, that in the south being the brightest of all, 

 whilst the type form obtaining in Townsville and its 

 neighbourhood is the most sombre in colouring. 



It has hitherto been known in all collections with which 

 I am acquainted as 0. genoveva, Hew. It is difficult to 

 discover how this has arisen, because Hewitson described 

 zosine (I.e.) previously, and also figured it previously on 

 the same plate. It is perhaps commoner in Queensland 

 than elsewhere. The $ is dimorphic. I have therefore 

 retained the name genoveva for the pale blue ^ as described 



