108 LEPTOCIRCUS CURIITS. 



black. The inferior wings are black, edged exter- 

 nally with white, and having a central blue band in 

 continuation of the anterior one. On the under 

 side, the base of all the wings is whitish, and the 

 abdominal margin of the under pair is marked with 

 three curved white streaks : abdomen whitish be- 

 neath, and having a double row of black dots on 

 each side. In the female the bands on the wings 

 are white. 



A few years ago this curious butterfly was to be 

 found in very few cabinets, but it is now received 

 not unfrequently. 



THAIS MEDESICASTE. 



PLATE V. Fig. 2. 



GodarVs Pap. de France, ii. PI. 3, fig. 3, 4 — Pap. Medesicaste, 



Hubn. Pap. 124, fig. 632 Pap. Rumina, Hubn. PI. 394, 



395. — Thais Honnoratii, Boisd. Icon. PI. 3, fig. 3 — 5, var. 



The genus Thais is confined to the southern coun- 

 tries of Europe, the north of Africa, and Asia 

 Minor. All the species are of moderate size, and 

 may at once be known by the peculiar design of the 

 colouring of the wings, which are always yellow 

 spotted with red and black, and bordered externally 

 with a dark festooned line. The palpi are composed 

 of three nearly equal articulations, and rise conspi- 

 cuously above the head ; the antenna? rather short 

 and terminating in a club slightly curved upwards. 

 The body is slender, and the abdominal margin of the 



