1893.] THE BUTTEEFLIES OF THE GE>'US THTSOXOTIS, 545 



Thtso'otis schaeffeea. (Plate XLVII. figs. 4, 4 a.) 



Lyaena nchaeffera, Esch. Kotzeb. Reise, iii. p. 216, t. 5. f. 25, 

 a, b (1821). 



Cnjyido schaffera, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 348 I 



Cup'ido schaeffera, Obertliiir, Ann. Mus. Geuova, xv. p. 524 

 (1880)'. 



Thysonotis schaeffera, G. Semper, Eeise Phil., llhop. p. 167, 

 t. xxxii. fE. 1-3 (18b9)\ 



Lycct-na schaeffera, Stand. Iris, ii. p. 94 (1889)^. 



Danis absi/rius, Feld. Wieu. ent. Mon. iii. p. 270 (1859). 



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

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

 Taganac Is. (Mas. D.). 



A well-known 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. apoUonius, but front 

 apex of tegumen 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 apes and is upturned at the 

 extremity. Taken from a specimen from the Philippine Islands. 

 (Plate XLYII. figs. 4, 4 a.) 



Thysokotis caledoxica. (Plate XLVI. fig. 1.) 



Lyaenacaledonica, Feld. Eeise Nov., Lep. ii. p. 267, t. 33. f. 7, 2 

 (1865). 



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



S . 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 $ . 



Jiab. New Caledonia (Mus. D. 4' B. M.). 



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



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. 



TlIYSOXOTIS CEPllEIS. 



Thysonotis cepheis, H. II. Druce, P. Z. S. 1891, pi. xxxii. if. 1, 2. 

 flab. Guadalcanar I., Solomon Is. 



D. The taygetus group. 



The insects included in this group are somewhat more slender, 

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



