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LEPTOCIROUS curius. 
black. The inferior wings are black, edged exter- 
nally with white, and having a central blue band in 
continuation of the anterior one. On the under 
side, the base of all the wings is whitish, and the 
abdominal margin of the under pair is marked with 
three curved white streaks : abdomen whitish be- 
neath, and having a double row of black dots on 
each side. In the female the bands on the wings 
are white. 
A few years ago this curious butterfly was to be 
found in Yery few cabinets, but it is now received 
not unfrequently. 
THAIS MEDESICASTE. 
PLATE V. Fig. 2. 
Codart's Pap. de France , ii. PI. 3, fig. 3, 4 Pap. Medesicaste, 
Hubn. Pap. 124, fig. GS2 Pap. Rumina, Huhn. PI. 394, 
395. — Thais Honnoratii, Boisd. Icon. Pi. 3, fig. 3 — 5, var. 
The genus Thais is confined to the southern coun- 
tries of Europe, the north of Africa, and Asia 
Minor. All the species are of moderate size, and 
may at once be known by the peculiar design of the 
colouring of the wings, which are always yellow 
spotted with red and black, and bordered externally 
with a dark festooned line. The palpi are composed 
of three nearly equal articulations, and rise conspi- 
cuously above the head ; the antennas rather short 
and terminating in a club slightly curved upwards. 
The body is slender, and the abdominal margin of the 
