1893.] THE BUTTEBPLIES OF THE GENUS THXSONOTIS, 545 



THYSO]<roTis scHAEEFEEA, (Plate XLVII. figs. 4, 4 a.) 



Lyctena achaeffera, Esch. Kotzeb. Eeise, iii. p. 216, t. 5. f. 25, 

 a, h (1821). 



Cupido schceffera, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 348 2. 



Cupido scliaeffera, Oberthiir, Ann. Mus. Geneva, xv. p. 524 

 (1880) \ 



Thysonotis schaeffera, G. Semper, Eeise Phil., B,hop. p. 167, 

 t. xxxii. ff. 1-3 (18&9)\ 



Lyccena scliaeffera, Stand. Iris, ii. p. 94 (1889) '. 



Danis absyrtus, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iii. p. 270 (1859). 



Hah. Philippine Is. — Luzon, Bohol,Camotes and S.W. Mindanao'; 

 Borneo ^ ; Palawan ^ ; Ternate ^ ; Batchian (Doherty) (Mus. D.) ; 

 Taganac Is. (Mus. D.). 



A well-kuowTi species which appears to be very common in the 

 Philippine Is., and, so far as we are aware, does not show any- 

 appreciable variation. 



Genitalia. Somewhat allied to T. danis and T. apollonius, but front 

 apex of tegunien more produced and hooks stouter. Penis about 

 a third as stout and longer, with the hinged cover, which is pro- 

 duced very much beyond the lower apex and is upturned at the 

 extremity. Taken from a specimen from the Philippine Islands. 

 (PlateXLVII. figs. 4, 4 a.) 



Thysonotis caledoxica. (Plate XL VI. fig, 1.) 



Lyccena caledonica, Peld. Eeise Nov., Lep. ii. p. 267, t. 33. f. 7, $ 

 (1865). 



Thysonotis caledonica, H. H. Druce, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 441. 



cJ . Upperside dark purple-blue, with the costal margin of fore 

 wing very narrowly and the outer margin narrowly black. Hind 

 wing with the anal and outer margins black, widest at the anal 

 angle and gradually decreasing towards the apex ; costal margin 

 black near the base, whitish before the apex. 



Underside as 2 . 



Hab. New Caledonia (Mus. D. Sf B. M.). 



As I have before pointed out (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 365), Dr. Pelder's 

 figure does not give an adequate idea of the brilliancy of this insect. 

 He described the female only and remarked that it was a local 

 form of L. schceffera. 



M. Kirsch (Beitr. Lep. -Faun, von Neu-Guinea, p. 126) records 

 this species from Jobi I., but we think he has probably confounded 

 it with some other. 



Thysonotis cepheis. 



Thysonotis cepheis, H. H. Druce, P. Z. S. 1891, pi. xxxii. ff. ], 2. 



Eab. Guadalcanar I., Solomon Is. 



D. The TAYGETTJS group. 



The insects included in this group are somewhat more slender, 

 and have females with a white band common to both wings, with, 



