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to determine. It is doubtless in some degree dependent on the 

 form of the apical angle of the wing, and this form of the wing 

 cannot at present, I believe, be fully relied upon. That the 

 form of the wing varies in some Butterflies according to the 

 localities of the individuals, is unquestionable; and if this 

 should be ascertained to be the case here, I think it may pos- 

 sibly be followed by the discovery that all the supposed species 

 of Hestia are only so many local or geographical sub-species of 

 one real species." 



This is a very simply coloured Butterfly, the ground colour 

 being white and the markings dark brown. Still, although it 

 has no brilliancy, it is really a handsome insect, owing partly to 

 its size and partly to the bold contrast between the two hues. 

 The abdomen is white, with a narrow black stripe down the 

 middle. ^ 



D 

 (White and clink brown I 



Altiiouoh the colours of this Butterfly are by no means bril- 

 liant, it is a very pretty insect, the hues being soft and well 

 contrasted. 



In the male the basal half of the upper wings is dark brown, 



