370 LTC^MD.^. 
Many species are here included in this genus which, although they do 
not properly belong to it, seem better placed than in Thecla, to which they 
were originally referred. There is no doubt that several new genera will 
ultimately have to be created for the reception of these species. 
Zephyrus taxila. 
Thecla taxila, Bremer, Lep. Ost-Sib. p. -ZQ, pi. iii. fig. 7 ; p. 95, pi. viii. fig. 2 (1864) ; 
Plewitsou, Gen. Uiuru. Lep., Lyccenidce, Suppl. p. 16, pi. vi. figs. 16, 17, ^ (1869). 
Dipsasjaponica, Murray, Ent. ^lo. Mag. xi. p. 169 (1875). 
Thecla japonica, Pryer, Rhop. Nilion. p. 14, pi. iv. figs. 7 a-d (1887). 
Thecla fasciata, Janson, Cistula Eutom. ii. p. 272, pi. v. fig. 4 (1878). 
Thecla reginu, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 853. 
Thecla taxila, var. aurorina, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 18 (1880). 
Thecla taxila, var. ultramarina, Fixsen, Rom. sur Lep. iii. p. 278 (1887). 
" S ■ -^is supra viridi-raicantibus : anticis margine esterno nigro ; iiosticis caudatis, late nigro- 
marginatis. Subtus bruuneis ; anticis striga transversa alba in ramum medianiim primum 
desinente, fasciaque submarginali fusoa. Posticis striga transversa alba, apud angulum 
analem literffi W instar, acute angulata, lunulis marginalibus albicantibus biseriatis, angulum 
aualem versus maculis duabus fulvis (basin versus nigro-marginatis). ocellos nigros geren- 
tibus, lineaque praeciliari alba. Ciliis albis. 
" 5 . Alis supra brunneis : subtus lit in mare. 
" Alar. esp. 1" 10'"." {Murray, I.e.) 
Var. fasciata, Janson. " Above brownish black, the wings deep black towards the apex, a fine 
line lound the eyes and small spots on the underside of the antennoe white; primaries 
with a broad purple stripe between the third median and submedian nervures, commencing 
close to the base and extending about two thirds along the wing, there are also some scattered 
purple scales in the cell, the fringes of both wings and the apex of the tails white, beneath 
fuscous brown, the markings very similar to T. japonica, Murray, and taxila, Brem. Expanse 
of wings 1 inch 8 lines. Yokohama." {Janson, I. c.) 
Var. regina, Butler. " 2 ■ AUied to T. (/uercus of Europe and T. fasciata of Japan. Primaries 
above with the basi-internal half, excepting the costal border and veins, bright cobalt-blue, 
changing to ultramarine, the remainder of these wings dark shining cupreous brown, the 
fringe tipped with white ; secondaries cupreous brown, paler than the primaries, excepting 
towards the outer margin, fringe tipped with white ; body greyish brown. Under surface 
with almost the pattern of T. fasciata, but greyer in tint and with all the markings 
sharply defined, the white stripe purer in colour, broader and more curved ; the primaries 
with two slender submarginal whitish lines in continuation of the lunulated lines of the 
secondaries, and enclosing two distinct and a third indistinct blackish spot on the inferior 
half of the external area ; orange spots of secondaries deeper in colour. Expanse of wings 
1 inch 5 lines. Toshima and Iburi ; July," {Butler, I. c.) 
Var. llltrailiarilia Fixsen. " The male has a more robust body, a darker blue-green colour, and 
brighter sheen. The black border of the fore wing is a little broader ; on the hind wing the 
costal and outer margins are more strongly bordered with black. On the under surface the 
