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AIWENDA. 
Menaclas. There is a white basal streak beneath in both sexes. 
L. Xerxes, Stgr., appears to he a variety of L. Icarus ; the colour 
of the wings above in the male is intense blue ; there is no basal 
streak beneath. Habitat, Persia. 
L. rJiiillis, Stgr. MS. Cat. 1883. — Size of Damocles. All the 
wings greenish rather than blue, the neuration dusky. The under 
side resembles that of Damocles. Habitat, North Persia. 
L. Fhryxis, Stgr. MS. Cat. 1883. — The size of Icarus, which 
the male greatly resembles above, but beneath the ground colour 
is very pale brownish grey, and the black spots are much smaller. 
The fore wings of the male have basal spots beneath ; the hind 
wings are very bright blue at the base. The female has the fore 
wings uniform dark brown, with an obscure discoidal spot. Hind 
wings with four marginal black spots surmounted by orange dots. 
Under side without basal spots on the fore wings ; the other spots 
are large and distinct on all the wings. Habitat, Samarkand. 
L. Dnjeri, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. x. p. 126, 1873. — Expands 
from 1*40 to 2 in. Hark brown ; basal portions of all the wings violet- 
blue dashed with white, especially in the female. Fore wings with 
a narrow black discoidal spot. Hind wings with a similar discoidal 
spot. Under side bluish white ; all the wings with a very narrow 
linear discoidal spot, and with marginal and submarginal rows of 
black spots, the submarginal spots being longer than the external 
ones. Habitat, the Amur and Japan. 
Obs. — This is the largest species of the genus, and has 
hitherto been thought to be confined to Japan. Mr. Godman, 
however, has a specimen received from Dr. Staudinger from the 
Amur ; it is slightly smaller than the Japanese specimens. 
Genus LIMENITIS. 
L. Lepechini, Ersch. Lep. Turkest. p. 14. — Expands from 
1*60 to 1-80 in. The wings are dark brown, central band white; 
there are two rows of submarginal yellow spots. Under side 
greenish yellow, the central band white. Habitat, Maracanda, 
June. 
Genus VANESSA. 
V. Callirhoe, Hub. Sam. Ex. Schmett. (1806). Atalanta Indica, 
Herbst, Nat. Schmett. vii. t. 180 (1794). — The form described on 
