998 
DEUDORIX. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
myrsilus. 
zephyrus. 
chi or is. 
ino us. 
diara. 
standing eri. 
sumatren- 
SIS. 
calderon. 
strephanus. 
hypargyria. 
gaetulia. 
r, |=i H Ufll c 
epijarbas. 
beneath. The $$ of both forms differ above less distinctly, but beneath the dark postmedian stripe, which 
is distinctly defined in eichhorni, is scarcely prominent in icilius. In Southern Australia, from Victoria to Perth 
and Carnarvon in West Australia, but mostly not so common as the other species of the genus. 
P. myrsilus Dgl. <Ss Hew. (= chlorinda Blch.) is a very elegant small lepidopteron which, when it 
is flying and resting, strongly recalls certain Chrysophanus ; much smaller than the preceding ones, the £ of 
the typical form above cpiite blackish-brown with a hemochrome distal band of the hindwing, beneath yellowish- 
grey in the cell-end. with a black postmedian and marginal band. The upper surface is also very similar to 
an Ilerda, and as there are also small differences in the neuration, this species was taken out from the Jalmenus 
as the type of a new genus *). Tasmania. — zephyrus Wat. & Ly. (160 b) is the form from South-East Australia 
occurring particularly in the Gippsland and being common in some places there. Here both sexes exhibit in 
the disc of the forewing and mostly also of the hindwing yolk-coloured embedments which may be united to 
discal bands. — chloris Wat. & Ly. is a larger form from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, in which 
the discal spots are expanded to broad orange bands in both wings. — The imagines fly in spring and 
early summer. 
P. inous Hew., from Western Australia, is very unlike the genus; the species has no tails and resembles 
beneath more a Polyommatus, as the postmedian stripes being strigiform in Jalmenus are but feebly prominent 
and represent rather nebulous chains of spots. $ above only in the proximal halves of the wings metallic green : 
$ blue instead of green, but these areas are not so distinctly defined against the black marginal half. In early 
summer, until Christmas in some places common. 
82. Genus: J>euclor!x Hew. 
This polytypical genus to which many of the largest Theclinae of the tropics belong, mostly contains 
very robust species with a thick hard thorax and hard wings. Otherwise they are closely allied to the Zesius. 
The three-branched subcostal vein of the forewing, which in Zesius only occurs in the $, is exhibited by both 
sexes in Deudorix, to which fact, however, we do not attach great importance. I do not know any diagnose 
for Deudorix, supplying really serviceable criteria of structural differences, whereas on the other hand the 
habitus of sarcely any form makes it doubtful, where it belongs to. The larvae live in fruits, like the Virachola 
and presumably also Lehera do. which are therefore also often included in the Deudorix. 
D. diara Swh. (161 a). Recognizable by the whitish underground beneath which projects in spots and 
clouds between the dark greyish-brown bands, particularly before and behind the transverse bands. Whereas 
the $ is predominantly red above, the $ has an entirely sepia-brown upper surface which is deep blackish- 
brown particularly in the costal and marginal areas of the forewing, otherwise lighter greyish-brown. From 
Assam, Borneo, and Java; rare. 
D. staudingeri Drc. (161 a). In the shape somewhat similar to diara, but the forewing in the $ is more 
pointed; above the red of the ground-colour is often pierced by brown intervening marks. Borneo. — suma- 
frensis Fruhst., based upon 1 J. is beneath more light grey than brown, in the anal region the sub marginal 
greenish spot is smaller, the bands beneath being less distinct. From Sumatra. — calderon Kheil which 
may be a distinct species is distinguished by the broad dark distal margin of the hindwing above. Isle of Nias. 
— Rare. 
D. strephanus Drc. (161 a as stephanus) exhibits, like the following species, a quite silvery white 
under surface which is only powdered with brown in the apex of the forewing and has dark dots in the anal 
area of the hindwing. Above the forewing shows a violet gloss in the distal portion. Borneo. 
D. hypargyria Elw. (160 a). Beneath quite similar to strephanus, but above the forewing has a long red 
wedge from the base to the marginal area. Hindwing with a dark margin and a black wedge above the cell. 
Burma; Java, near Sukabumi. Rare. 
D. gaetulia Nic. may belong together to the preceding one which it resembles very much on both 
sides, but the upper subanal spot of the hindwing has an orange-yellow halo, and beneath appears yet a 
transverse chain of darker spots. Assam, Tenasserim. Rare. 
D. epijarbas Mr. (161 c) is a very widely distributed species being common in many places. £ above 
red, the costal area inclusive of the cell blackish-brown like the distal margin and hind-margin of the forewing, 
as well as a longitudinal streak in the submedian area. Under surface quite similar to that of staudingeri (161 a). 
The upper and under surfaces of the species are figured in Vol. I, pi. 72, but in the meantime Frtjhstorfer 
has separated from the typical South-Indian form (epijarbas) flying also in Ceylon the North-Indian form 
*) Pseudalmenus Drc. In the forewing 6 + 7 running separately in Jalmenus have here a joint pedicle; in the hindwing 
the upper median branch rises before, not in the lower cell-angle. Whether myssilus is more allied to the Ilerda or the Jal¬ 
menus, will be at once decided by settling the question whether the larva lives on Eumex or on Papilionaceae. 
