The genus Ogyris. 287 



OGYRIS AMARYLLIS, Hew. 



0. amaryllis Hew., Cat. Lye, B. M., p. 3, pi. I, f. 5 and 

 6, ?, 1802 ; id. idem. 111. Diurn. Lep., p. 2, 1863 ; id. Kirby, 

 Cat. D. L., p. 425, 1871 ; id, Miskin, P. L. S., N.S.W., p. 

 26, 1890; id, idem, Ann. Queensl. Mus., p. 72, 1891; id. 

 Waterh., P. L. S., N.S.W., p. 336, pi. XIV, f. 3, 4, 1902 ; 

 id, idem, Mem. N.S.W. Nat. Club, p. 29, 1903. 



This species can easily be recognized from its pre- 

 decessor by the very broad borders to the primaries and 

 by the deeper tone of blue in both wings. 



The range of the species appears to be restricted to the 

 neighbourhood of Brisbane (S. Queensland) and the 

 Richmond River in New South Wales, from which latter 

 locality Waterhouse has bred it. The ova are pinkish 

 grey, somewhat flattened with raised reticulations, and are 

 laid on the mistletoe knobs. The larvae feed on Loranfhus 

 linophyllus, and when young are greenish, but later they 

 become dark grey assimilating very closely with the host- 

 plant of the Loranthus. 



Ogyris ^none, Waterhouse. 



0. lenone, Waterh. P. L. S., N.S.W., p. 339. pi. XIV, fig. 

 9 $, 1902 ; id. idem. p. 246, 1903 ; id. idem. Mem. N.S.W. 

 Nat. Club, p. 29, 1903. 



£ . Both wings brilliant lustrous morpho-blue, more brilliant and 

 lustrous than in any other of the genus, in certain side lights having 

 a metallic mauve lustre. Primaries with the costa broadly blackish 

 increasing at the apex, termen narrowly blackish increasing rapidly 

 towards the apex, and decreasing slightly towards the tornus. 

 Secondaries with the costa broadly dark greyish and termen very finely 

 black. Under-side. Both wings pale whitish dove-grey. Primaries 

 with three increasing cell spots palely edged, the basal spot pale 

 brownish, the second and third deep black with bluish white 

 margins ; below each of these latter a black spot, catenulated stripe 

 very irregular consisting of seven spots, the first two below the costa 

 quite pale, the third blackish and small, fourth slightly larger shifted 

 outwards, fifth shifted inwards, sixth very large and ovate inclined 

 outwards, seventh oval rather smaller shifted and inclined inwards, 

 a trace of a subterminal line. Secondaries rather darker than the 

 primaries with three basal spots, the first and third very small 

 median series widely isolated, a small darkish spot below the costal 



