J A S I A Australis, 

 A ustralian Jasia- Butterfly . 



Family Nymphalidae. Sub-family Paphianse. Genus,- 

 Sub-Generic Character. 

 See pi. 90. 



Specific Character. 



Wings above yellowish white, the outer half of the anterior black 

 with a series of spots disposed in the shape of the letter Y ; 

 inferior wings with a black border, margined by cinereous, 

 and an orange spot at the anal angle. 



We believe the specimen from which our figures of this 

 new and strikingly distinct butterfly were taken, is the 

 only one which has yet been sent to Europe. It was 

 captured by Mr. Cunningham, who accompanied Captain 

 King, in his voyage to the North West coast of Australia, 

 on the skirts of Careening Bay, Port Nelson, where the 

 Ship Mermaid was hove down ; and the officers had 

 more leasure to attend to zoological pursuits. Mr. Cun- 

 ningham remarked that it flew with great swiftness, in 

 which respect it perfectly resembles the rest of the genus 

 Jasia, of which it is a typical example. The geographic 

 range of this group is thus proved to extend from the 

 South of Europe to Australia, but it is entirely unknown 

 in the new world. 



The family of Nymphalidx is the sub-typical group 

 of the diurnal Lepidoptera, forming our tribe Papiliones. 

 In its own circle it therefore represents the Ferae among 

 quadrupeds, the Raptures among birds, the Aptera among 

 annulose animals, and the Scolopcnilridx in the order 

 Myriapoda. The analogical representations resulting from 

 this view of the subject are innumerable. 



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