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5. Pyrameis itea. 



Papilio^ (n.g.) itea, Fabricius, Bjst. Ent., p. 498, n. 238 (1775) ; Donovan, Ins. 

 New Holland, pi. 26, f. 1, (1805.) 



Vanessa itea, Godart, Enc. Meth., IX., p. 321, n. 57 (1819) ; White in Taylor's 

 New Zealand, pi. 2, figs. 2, 2 (1855). 



Bassaris itea, Hiibner, Samml. Esot., Schmett. (1816-24). 



Fyrameis itea, Doubleday, Gen. Diurn. Lepid., p. 202 (1849). 

 Primaries above with the basal third golden-brown becoming tawny on 

 its external margin, bounded by. a broad oblique central yellow band crossed 

 by the costal and median nervures and the first median branch, its inner 

 edge limited internally within the cell by a transverse tapering black line ; 

 external area from the band to the outer margin black ; a trifid yellow 

 oblique spot beyond the cell ; a bifid subcostal spot, and a spot above the 

 third median branch, white ; indications of two greyish lunulated sub- 

 marginal Hnes ; fringe between the veins white ; secondaries bright chestnut- 

 red, becoming golden-brown at the base and along the inner margin, the 

 costal area, apex, and outer margin, black ; four small rounded discal black 

 spots, the two outermost pupilled with lilac ; a hlac subanal streak, and 

 behind it a longer streak of the ground-colour, both parallel to the outer 

 margin ; fringe as in primaries ; abdominal area greyish-brown ; body 

 chiefly golden-brown ; head and prothorax greyish ; dorsum olivaceous. 



Primaries below black, greyish at a^^ex; sub-basal area bright chestnut- 

 red, bounded by three black spots, two transverse and divergent within the 

 cell, the third diffusely ovate below it ; basal area dark grey, irrorated with 

 sulphur-yellow within the cell ; costal area on basal area black, crossed by 

 numerous pale sulphur-yellow Imes ; central band sulphur-yellow, externally 

 more angular than above ; an annular blue marking at the end of the cell, 

 followed by a sub-angulated tapering transverse j)ale yellow streak ; two 

 sub-apical white spots as above, and between them indications of two 

 ocelli outlined in black, with reddish centres spotted with black ; outer 

 marginal border greyish, almost white on lower discoidal and second median 

 interspaces, and intersected throughout by a blackish line ; fringe as above ; 

 secondaries olive-brown, banded and spotted with black and dark brown, 

 the markings in the cell and near the base outlined with whitish ; . the 

 abdominal area and outer border irrorated with greyish and lilacine ; five 

 more or less complete discal ocelli, like those between the sub-apical spots 

 of the primaries ; body sordid whitish, the pectus clothed with dense coarse 

 grey hair ; expanse of wings, 2 inches 4 lines. 



6. Fyrameis gonerilla. 



Papilio (n.g.) gonerilla, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 498, n. 237 (1775) ; Donovan, 



Ins. New Holland, pi. 25, fig. 2 (1805). 

 Vanessa gonerilla, White in Taylor's New Zealand, pi. 2, fig. 1 (1855). 

 Papilio generilla (sic), Fabricius, Mant. Ins., p. 44, n. 437 (1787). 



