1254 CATALOGUE OF 



Var. /3. Cervina ; thorax antice canus ; alee anticce apud costam 

 cance, fasciis duabus fuscis aut ferrugineis albido ex parte 

 marginatis, maculisque duabus apicalibus, una subpurpurea 

 rufo marginata, altera nigra cyaneo marginata, ocello rufo 

 cingulis albis fuscisque aut testaceis et ferrugineis, gutta cen- 

 trali vitrea purpureo marginata ; posticce fasciis duabus fuscis 

 unaque ferruginea submarginali, ocello luteo margine nigro 

 necnon antice luteo. 



Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Thorax hoary in front. Fore 

 wings hoary along the costa, with a dislocated brown band near the 

 base, bordered with white on the inner side, and especially so in 

 front ; a brown exterior band, which extends from near the tips to 

 beyond the middle of the interior border, and has occasionally a 

 whitish border on the outer side ; ocellus pale red, encircled on one 

 side with white and brown, and on the other with testaceous and 

 ferruginous; in its centre a vitreous dot, with a purplish border; a 

 lilac apical spot, mostly bordered with red, and accompanied 

 towards the costa by a black blue-bordered spot. Hind wings with 

 a brown band near the base, and with a dark brown exterior band 

 and a ferruginous submarginal band ; ocellus luteous, more or less 

 larger than that of the fore wings, bordered with black, and in the 

 front with blue. The brown exterior is variable as to its distance 

 from the ocellus. Length of the body 12 — 14 lines ; of the wings 

 44 — 54 lines. 



Var. y. Reddish fawn-colour ; bands of the wings ferrugi- 

 nous ; exterior band of the hind wings somewhat undulating. 



Var. (3 may be distinguished from var. a by its colour, by the 

 more oblique exterior border of the fore wings, and by the exterior 

 band of the fore wings, w T hich is nearer the ocellus, by the more 

 falcate fore wings of the male, and by the narrower fore wings of 

 the female. 



a — d. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 e. Australia. Presented by His Excellency Capt. Grey. 

 /, g. Australia. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 A, i. Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 

 j. Australia? Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home. 

 k. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 /. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

 m, n. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 o, p. Australia. Presented by H. G. Harrington, Esq. 

 q — s. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 t. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



