OGYRLS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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south. This variability has led to a rather complicated denomination having frequently caused confusion, 
zozine Hew. ($ = genoveva Hew.) (161 f. g as zosimt) is the typical form from South Queensland as it occurs zozine. 
regularly near Brisbane. purple brown with a lighter, greyish-brown marginal area of the forewing. $ with 
a bright blue lustre, the bone-coloured preapical spot is oval and rather short. — duaringae B.-Bak. refers to duaringac. 
in which the violettish-blue colour above extends close to the margin, where the broad light area is replaced 
by a narrow, velvety black stripe. -— ab. magna B.-Bak. is an unnecessary name for particularly large $$ magna. 
(with an expanse of up to 7 cm) occurring amongst typical specimens in Queensland. — From there to the 
north (near Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Port Darwin) flies the form typhor. Wat. <£■ Ly. ; <$ with a broad typhon. 
brown marginal part of the fore wing and a broad brown-costal and hindmarginal area of the hindwing; in 
the $ the white spot of the forewing may be still much smaller than in zozine , the disc of the wings lustrous 
or also somewhat darkened blue. — ab. iberia Wat. & Ly. are dimorphous $$ of this form with a violet disc iberia. 
of the wings. — On the contrary, southern specimens from Victoria and partly already from the surroundings 
of Sydney exhibit in the male sex an intense violet lustre as far as the jet-black distal margin; the $$ are 
more metallic green than blue and have a larger, more band-shaped white spot on the forewing; this form is 
called araxes Wat. & Ly. Violet $$ of this form have not yet become known, whereas those of the typical araxes. 
zozine-iorm have been denominated zenobia Wat. & Ly. — The greenish egg being flattened above is deposited zenobia. 
on Loranthus cerastroides or linophyllus, near the place where this parasitic plant is settled. Larva in its adult 
stage dingy ochreous-yellow 2 y 2 to 3 cm long, in its juvenile stage (according to Dodd) like a shield-louse 
and light brown. Pupa dark brown, of the usual shape of the Lycaenid pupae, secured on a stone or a piece 
of bark etc., mostly near or on the soil. The imagines fly in November and December round the Eucalyptus 
trees, mostly at a considerable height. — As long as the larvae are guarded by ants, the enemies keep aloof 
from them. But as they frequently hide below bark, they are then often stung, particularly by the Braconid 
Protapanteies rufiventris Bingh. 
0. aenone Waterh. has the approximate size and shape of faciepicta (161 g), but the upper surface aenone. 
of the $ exhibits a magnificent Morpho-blue lustre. The costa of the fore wing is black, at the apex broader, 
enclosing there a small blue costal spot, the distal margin and the cell-end spot extending to the costal black 
are black, too. Under surface dove-coloured grey, the cell of the forewing with black spots edged with light 
or bluish; hindwing somewhat darker with 3 faint basal spots, the middle row of spots being isolated; $ less 
lustrous and not so light blue as the and with broader dark margins; before the apex, close at the costa, a 
small white, bluish-tinted spot. Beneath, between the black cellular transverse spots, orange-yellow embedment. 
Hindwing more brightly spotted brown than in the $. Expanse of wings: <$ 52, $ 54 mm. Queensland: Cairns, 
Kuranda, Cooktown, Thursday Island. 
0. abrota DU. & Hew. (162 a). The $ is easily discernible by the violettish-blue lustre of the upper abrota. 
surface, but above all by the under surface where the forewing is quite black excepting the distal-marginal 
and apical parts and some small white transverse bands in the cell. In the $ the forewing exhibits a very 
large oval discal spot occupying almost the whole central area and appearing quite similarly also beneath, no 
other Ogyris known showing a similar one. South-East Australia, to the north as far as Brisbane. — Egg almost 
globular, of a dim white. Larva on Loranthus pendulus, yellowish-brown, always guarded by ants. The ant- 
organ is behind on the sides of the dorsum and secretes small roundish drops which are greedily absorbed by 
the ants. The larvae being 2 cm long in their adult stage are easily afflicted by fungitis. 
0. ianthis Waterh. is easily discernible by the $ showing a bright orange-yellow upper surface; the ianthis. 
<$ is above lustrous light blue with a broad black distal margin, the costal margin being narrower black. Under 
surface grey, the cell of the forewing with 3 black spots between which there are small light grey and bluish- 
grey transverse bands. In the orange-yellow $ the black margin is still broader than in the $. — Egg light 
yellow with a reticulate upper surface. Larva in daytime in ants’ nests, living on Loranthus cerastroides; rosy- 
ochreous. Pupa reddish-brown. Apparently so far only found in the surroundings of Sydney. 
0. aurantiaca Rbl. is unknown to me; in the shape similar to faciepicta, but above bright orange-red, aurantiaca 
the broad black distal margin proximally dentately defined. Beneath the forewing exhibits a broad orange- 
yellow hindmarginal half. <$ not yet known. British New Guinea. 
0. olane Hew. (= catharina Fldr.) (161 f) is one of the smaller species; the $ has above almost the olane. 
whole distal halves of the wings black as well as the whole costal area; the proximal parts of the wings are 
violettish-blue. $ similar, the forewing beneath with 7 small costal transverse bands, the two distal ones of 
which are whitish-grey, the others light blue. — Larva on Loranthus pendulus, similar to that of abrota , but 
behind with a black dorsal spot. The imagines are not rare, in spring and autumn, in South and East Australia. 
Spry states that this species is not guarded by ants and is also often parasited. 
0. barnardi Misk. is easily recognized by the $ exhibiting only the size of olane, but a brown upper barnardi. 
surface with an intense violet lustre, whilst in the $ only the centre of the wings is yet violet, all the margins 
being broad black. The under surface is marked like that of olane (161 f), but the ground-colour of the hind wing 
is darker. Queensland: Emerald; Stradbroke Island (near Brisbane). 
