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Larva found on Diospyros montanus. The dorsal row of ocellate spots, ten in 

 number, were formed of a narrow outer circle of indigo-blue, within which was a 

 lilac or plum-coloured shade passing into a deeper sienna-red in the centre ; the first 

 and last spots were very small and the colours not distinct." 



Habits of Imago. — Mr. E. H. Aitken says, " in habits this is a Junonia, or 

 [)erhaps, I should rather say, a Pyrameis. It flies low and alights generally on the 

 ground, where it basks with wings expanded " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1886, 134). 

 Mr. J. Betham observes, " this sprightly little butterfly looks something like a 

 Fritillary in colour. It has a quick and jerky flight, something like that of the 

 Jiiuoniee. Its habits are very much the same as /. Orithyia and 0. Lcmonlas, and 

 it is very fond of sugar and Mhowa refuse " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1890, 284). 



Of the illustrations of this species on our Plate 209, fig. 1 is from the late Sir W. 

 Elliot's drawing of the larva ; fig. lb, a copy of Dr. Forsayeth's drawing of the 

 pupa (I.e.) ; fig. I, b, c, upperside of male and female, and fig. 1 d, e, f, g, undersides 

 of males. 



Malayan allied Genus. — G-enus Lexias, Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Ins. p. 125 

 (1832). Male. Foreioing ivisLngwlav; costa arched towards the end, apex rounded, 

 exterior margin almost even and slightly concave in the middle ; first subcostal 

 veinlet emitted at one-half lief ore end of the cell and anastomosed to the costal for 

 a short distance before end of the latter ; second subcostal emitted at one-fifth before 

 end of the cell, third emitted at one-sixth beyond the cell and anastomosed to the 

 second for a short distance before the end of the latter ; cell closed ; middle dis- 

 cocellular concave, lower nearly straight ; middle median emitted at some distance 

 before lower end of the cell. Eindwing broadly ovate, exterior margin almost even, 

 convex posteriorly; cell open. Eyes naked. Type. L. ^ropus. — Lexias jUropus 

 (Pap. ^ropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 475. Cramer, ii. pi. iii. figs. F. G.), 

 Doubleday and Hewits. D. Lep. pL 43, fig. 6, c? (1850). Staudinger, Iris, 1895, 

 pi. 3, figs. 12, 13, larva and pupa. Habitat. Batchian; Ceram. — Lexias Panopus 

 (Lexias Panopus,. Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. 1861, p. 302; Adolias Panopus, Feld. 

 Reise Nov. Lep. iii. pi. 58, figs. 2, 3 (1867). Semper, Reisen Phil. Lep. p. 95, 

 pi. 17, fig. 1, ? (1888). Habitat. Philippines. — Lexias Metes (Adolias JEetes, 

 Hewitson, Exot. Butt. ii. Adol. pi. 1, figs. 1, 2. Habitat. Celebes. — Lexias 

 Phasiana (Symphgedra Phasiana, Butler, Ann: Nat. Hist. 1884, p. 60. Habitat. 

 Macassar. 



Genus BASSARONA. 



Adolias (sect. 8, part), Felder, Neues Lep. p. 35 (1861). 

 Symphsedra (part), de Mceville, Butt, of India, ii. p. 185 (1886). 

 Euthalia (Bophla) (part), de Niceville; J. A. Soc. Bengal, 1894, p. 17. 



Imago. — Fore wing triangular ; costa slightly arched, apex obtusely pointed, 



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