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Genus 4, DAM IS, Fab. 
111. Mag. vi. p. 286 (1807) ; Westw., Gen. D. L. p. 497 (1850-2). 
1. D. Sebse, Bois. (Damis, #.), Voy. Astr. Lep. Card well to 
p. 68, n. 3 (1832) ; D. H. and W., Gen. Cape York, 
D. L. t. 77, f. 4 ? (1850-2) ; Blanch,, Papua, 
Voy. Pole Sud. p. 394, t. 3, f. 1, 2 Molucca?. 
(1853). 
Pap. Danis, Cram., Pap. Ex. i. t. 70, E. F. 
(1779); Godt. (Erycina, D.), Enc. Meth. 
ix. p. 577, n. 66 (1819); Kirb. (Cupido, 
£>.), Cat. D. L. p. 346 (1871) ; Semp. 
(Danis, D.), Mus. Grodf. Lep. xiv. p. 18 
(1878). 
Pap. Damis, Herbst., Naturs. Schmett. xi. 
t. 321, f. 10, 11 (1804). 
2. D. Serapis, n. sp. 
3 Light silvery blue ; central patch of white ; black margins abruptly 
defined. 
UpPerside. — Primaries : Costa narrowly margined ; outer border 
wider, regular, its inner edge quite straight; central white patch 
nearly triangular, wide on hinder margin reaching to and bordering 
median vein to just beyond end of cell. Secondaries : Base narrowly 
* blue ; a broad transverse band of pure white from border to border 
widest at costa ; a wide band of blue ; outer border margined with 
black, widest towards anal angle, the inside edge being dentated. 
Underside. — Primaries : Costa and outer margin broadly black, within 
which, from base to apex, continued towards but not quite reaching 
hinder angle, is a band of metallic green ; rest of wing pure white 
Secondaries : Base black, ^vithin which is a band of metallic green ; 
a broad transverse band of pure white from border to border, widest 
at costa ; a narrow band of black, followed by a wide band of 
metallic green, within which is a row of black oblong spots between 
the nervules ; a sub-marginal narrow black band. 
? UPPERSIDE. — Primaries : Costal and outer borders extremely widely 
margined with black, nearly filling the cell ; base suffused with 
metallic blue ; rest of wing white. Secondaries : Slight suffusion of 
blue at base ; a transverse moderately wide white band; the whole of 
the rest of wing black, the black area being more or less suffused 
with metallic blue from its inner edge. 
Underside as in <J. Fringe of both wings in both sexes white, inter- 
sected with black at termination of nervules. 
Thorax and abdomen, above blue, beneath white. 
Ex.: 38 mm.; ?, 40 mm. 
Hab.: Cardwell, Cairns. Coll.: Miskin. 
This species is very close to D. Sebce, and, indeed, on the underside there 
is but little difference except in the more brilliant tint and greater 
development of the metallic green parts,_ and the greater length of the 
internervule black spots. On the upper side, however, the distinction is 
better defined, in the $ by the difference of colour and the much 
larger and more sharply expressed area of white in both wings, and 
the broad blue band in secondaries in this species. 
The ? Serapis is distinguished by the blue area at base of both wings, 
and absence of black basal band of secondaries. The species is, 
moreover, consistently a smaller one ; from observations of numerous 
examples from the localities named, I find no perceptible variation. 
Specimens from Cape York and New Guinea of D. Sebce I have found 
to be tolerably stable in their appearance. 
3. D. SyrillS, MisTc., Proc. L. Soc. N.S.W. ser. 2, 
v. p. 34 (1890). 
Cape York. 
