NYMPHAIilNAE 
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PRECIS 
Beneath. Forewing ])ale browns or bulfs, towards base often tinged bluish: markings as al)ove 
but obscured: cell ba_rs extending towards dorsum. Hindwing variable: mottled buffs and browns: 
often a narrow dark band from costa at twothirds to tornus: subterminal band sometimes faintly 
^■isible with ocelli always very minute and obscure. 
9. ^Hiovk and Beneath as in male: termina more rounded: ocelli above usually larger. 
Loc. C’aiie \ork 2 5. Thursday Is. 5 fi. Prince of Wales Is. 5 0. Cairns (i 7. Kuranda 2 0 7. 
Ingham 4 5 h. Townsville (> 7. Mackay 2 4. Brisbane 4 5 (> 10. Stradbroke Is. 12. Blackbutt 1. 
iMt. I ambourine 12. Dorrigo 10 11 12. Fbor 12. Port i\Iac(|uarie 10 11. I\Iannin»‘ H. 2 10. 
Qurinil)^di 4 Sydney 1 2 3 4 5 10 11. lllawarra 3 4. Blue'i\Its. 2 10. ^Mt. Kosciusko 1 2. iMelbourne 
2 * Gisborne'2 3 4 0 10 12. CastlemaiTie 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11_ 12. Sea Lake. Kerang. DimlxKtla 11 . 
Launceston 3 12. Burnie 3. Adelaide 1 2 4 11 12. Balaklava 4 11. jMorgau 1 12. Kangaroo Is. 
11. MilsonV Inlet 12. Yallingup 11. Bridgetown 5. Waroona 12. Perth. Kellcrl)erriu 11. 
Broome 5. Derby. Wyndham 3 4. Daly H. 4. Darwin S 9. Roper R. 11. 31cf 29 9. 
One of our most abundant and widely distributed buttertlies. We are unable to recognise cither 
seasonal or geographical variations, though individual buttertlies vary very considerably especially 
beneath. ' 
GO. Precis orithyra Linne. (India). 
This S 2 ieeies has a quite extraordinary range occunlng not only throughout the Indo-Australian 
Region but also reaching Africa. 
GOa. P. orithyra albicincta Butler. Fig. 37, 39. 
Traiisiictious Entomological Society London 1875, p, 5. ' 
a'’. Arove. Forewing rich blacky a 2 )ex bi’own, costa narrowly white; two obscure bars across cell, red- 
brown: an irregular band from costa at threofiftbs to termen at tln*eeliftbs, and a small suba 2 )ical 
bar, Avliite: an iuterru 2 )ted terminal line, wbitisli: a small ocellus in area 5, black edged red-brown 
and centred bluish: an obscure l)lack ocellus in area 2 indicated by its bluish 2^^2311: sometimes a 
small ii'regular narrow tornal streak, silky bhzo. Ilindwing silky bine: base and dorsum rich black: 
a series of interrupte<l broad terminal lines, white narrowly edged black: usually a small blue-})U 2 >ilIed 
ocellus in area 5, black: a blue-i>u])illed ocellus in area 2, red ringed black. 
Beneath. Forewing brown, a 2 >ex 2JJiIe broAvu or bnlf, base orange: cell bars orange with S 2 mce 
between and beyond ])alc blue edged black: a narrow discal band, 2 >i^ie bluish: white band, bai’, and 
line, as above: ocelli as above, but that of area 2 large and ringed orange. Hindwing variable: 
usually pale browns and buffs: often a narrow dark band from costa at tlireefifths to tornus: ocelli 
obscure and minute. 
9. Above. Forewing rich brown, costa narrowly whitish: two bars across cell, red-brown edged black; 
white band, bar and line, as in male: ocelli as in male, but that in urea 2 larger and ringed red- 
brown: a small toi’ual area, silky blue. Hindwing silky blue, base broadly rich Izrown: terminal lines 
as in male: a large blue-25upilled ocellus in ai*ea 5 and another in area 2, red ringed blade. 
Beneath as in male, but more variable: hindwing sometimes whitish, with basal markings orange, 
and with narrow dark band reddisli brown. 
Loc. Ca 2 ze York 2 4 5 7. Thursday Is. Prince of AA^ales Is. 5 G 7. Darnley Is. 4. Claudie R. 1 11. 
Cooktown 4. Cairns G 7 10. Kuranda 2 3 6 7. Atherton 12. Ingham 4 5 9. Townsville 4 5 C 7. 
i\tackay 3 4. Brisbane. Wyndham 3 4. Darwin 3. iMelville Is. 47cf 45 9. 
Genus PYRAMEIS Hubner. 
Verzeicluiiss bekannter Schmetterlingc, p. 33, 1816. 
Antennne slightly more than half the length of costa, with clubs short, abru 2 )t and broad. Eyes 
densely hairy. Forewing Avith vein 11 from subcostal well before end of cell: vein 10 from subcostal 
just before end of cell: cell about half the length of wing and closed, with lower edge longer than 
U 2 :) 2 >er edge. Hindwing with cell less than half the lengtli of wing and closed: vein 3 and vein 4 arising 
close together: termen slightly 2^1*041^64 at tornus. (Fig. P.). 
Type. Pyrameis cardui Linne, from Euro23e. 
A widespread genus with headquarters in the Palaearctic Region, but Avith some st^ecies reaching the 
tro2)ics. 
61. Pyrameis cardui Linne. (Eiiro23e). 
An almost AvorldAAude S 2 )eeies, A\liose races differ but slightly. The blue centred ocelli of the hind- 
Aving are ty23ical of the Australian race. 
