SATYRINAE 
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TISIPHONE 
^I'lie name Tisiphone has l}een wrojig'ly ajiplietl to a Soutli American ^enus of Satyrids, for which 
Kirby has lately detined the genus M(tnaiaria\ Tisiphone is contined to Australia. 
The handsome buttertlics of this genus are all closely allied: I hey are feeble fliers and very local 
in their Iiabits, never wandering any distance from their foodj)lant. ]\rany localities along the 
eastern coastal ranges and rivers arc yet unexplored, and search will })robably discover intermediate 
races. 
48. Tisiphone abeona Donovan. 
We regard the following five subspecies as geographical races of aheona: their early stages, so far 
as known, are identical. The southern race alhifascia ims broad wliitc bands beneath and a broad 
orange area across cell of forewing above: these are iirosent but reduced in size in aheona. The third 
race joanria lias a very prominent snbtornal ocellus on hindwing, and is strikingly variable: morrisi has 
tbe white bands beneath luncli broader: in the most northern race, rawnslepij these have diminished in 
size so mueli as almost to have disappeared, but always show traces both above and beneath. The wing 
ocelli of all five races are blue-centred with a whitish pupil. 
48a. T. abeona albifascia Waterhouse. Fig. 816. 
Proceedings Linncaii Society N. S. Wales 1904, p. 468. 
. Abovk. Forewiiig rich dark lirown: a broad central area from subcostal at half to torniis, orange 
with costal ])ortion paler: a broad postcellular bar, orange with costal portion paler: a siibapical 
ocellus and a large ocellus in area 2, black. Hindwing rich dark brown; sometimes traces of faint 
discal lines, whitish: an obscure subapical and a large snbtornal ringed ocellus, black margined dull red. 
BknKxVtii. Forewing dark brown: markings as above })ut much paler: ocelli as above. Hindwing 
dark brown: a broad discal band, white, and a double subterminal line, cream: ocelli as above, that 
in ai)ex not obscured. 
9 . Above and Beneath as in male: bands Ijroader and paler. 
Log. Pambula 12. Eden 12. Jindiviek 1 12. Wandin 2 3 10 11 12. Healesville 11. Maeedoii 1 2 
3 11 12. Lome 3 12. 2o 9. JVWe. ” 
48b. T. abeona abeona Donovan. Fig. 75, 76, 815. 
Insects New Holland, yl. 22, f. 1, 1805. 
d^. Above. Forowing rich dark biwvn: a broad central area from subcostal at half to tornus, orange: 
a narrow postcellular bar, orange: a subapical ocellus, and a large ocellus in area 2, black. Hind- 
wing rich dark brown: an obscure subapical and a large snbtornal ringed ocellus, black margined dull 
red. 
Beneath. Forewing dark brown: markings as above Ijiit paler: ocelli as above, llindwing dark 
bx’own; a narrow discal band, white, and traces of a double subterminal line, cream: ocelli as above, 
that in apex not obscured. 
9 . Above and Beneath as in male: bands broader and paler. 
Log. Newcastle. Ourimbali 4. Sydney 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12. lllawarra 2. Blue Mts. 1 3 10 11 12. 
23cf 199 . - - - • - “ 
48e. T. abeona J oa nna Butler. Fig. 102, 794-814, 818. 
Annals :Magazine Natural History ISGG, p. 286: Lc. 18G7, pi. 4, f. 8: Waterhouse, Australian Zoologist 1914. 
p. 15, figured. 
6 ^. Abo\e. ForeAving dark brown: a bar near end of cell and a narroAV j^ostcellular bar, obscurely 
meam: a sublornal ixatcli, ci'eam: a small subapical ocellus, and a large ocellus in area 2, black. 
Hiudwing dark brown: an obscured discal line, cream: a subapical and a subtornal ringed ocellus, 
black margined orange-red. 
Beneath. 1*crewing dull dark brown: a bar near end of cell and a narrow discal band, cream' 
ocelli as above, but margined cream. Hindwing dull dark broAvn: a discal band and a double subter¬ 
minal line, cream: ocelli as above. 
The above description and fig. 102 are taken from a coloured drawing of tbe type in the British 
'Museum. This type has no delinile locality, Init we have lately captured a long-series .at Port Macquarie, 
^.hich includes specimens that agree closely with the tyjie and others that differ widely from it. Tbe 
series is so variable that a description in general terms is almost impossible, so instead we give 
