NYMPHALINAE 
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PYRAMEIS 
(ila. P. cardui kershawi MeCoy. Fig. 36. 
Annals Magazine Natural History 1868, p. 76. 
Auove. Forewiug orange, base and dorsum brown: apex broadly, costa and terineii narrowly,black: 
a band of irregular spots from costa before onelbird to dorsum at twotliirds, black: a bar from 
costa at twotliirds, and a series of small subnpical siiots, white: an obscure interrupted terminal line, 
whitish, ilindwing orange, base and dorsum broAvn, costa black; an interrupted sublerminal line, black, 
Avith t.AVo obscure spots at lorrius, blue: a narroAV terminal line AvitJi a spot at eacli A'ein, black: a series 
of four discal ocelli, black, those in areas 2, 3 and 4 centred blue. 
Beneath. Forcwiug as above; orange area paler and reaching base: an obscure spot at eml of 
cell, Avhitish: apex broadly brown. lliudAving broAvn mottled Avith creams and yellows: a series of 
four or five variable diseal ocelli. 
$. Above and Beneath as in male. 
Log. Kuranda 11. Ingham 3. Mackay 1 10 11. Brisbane 10. Stradbroke Is. 12. Blackbutt 1. Mt. 
Tambourine 12. Kichmond R. 1. Dorrigo 10 11 12. Ebor 1 12. Port Macquarie 10. SydncA : 1 8 
9 10 1112. lllaAvarra 11. Blue Mts. 10. Pambiila 12. Mt. Kosciusko l.^. Mt. St. Bernard IJ . 
Wandiu 8 10 12, lAIelbourne 1 9 10 12. Gis})orno 1 2 9 10 11M2.. Casllemaiim 1 2 8 9 10 H 12. 
Sea Lake. Kerang. Dknboola 11 , Lauueeston 12. Zeehaii 11. Adelaide 1 8 9 10 11 12. t\ilsons 
Inlet 11 12. WaiTcn P. Yallinguj) 11. Waroona 1 11 12. Kellerberrin 11. Perth 11. Kalgoorlie 
8. Gei'aldton 11. 'Monte Bello Is. 31 29 9. 
V 
An aberration of this subspecies, in Avhich the Avhite spots and line in apex of forewing are absent, 
Avas described by Ollilf (Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. ISSS, j). 1250) as P. kershmui, \sii\ suffusa. A very 
similar aberration Avas described by Miskin as I\ liicasi (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1888, p. 1516). 
62. Fyrameis itea Fabricius. Fig. 34. 
Systema Entomologiae, j). 498, 1775. 
o'. Above. Forewing black: a broad basal area, rich red-broAvn: a broad central area from costa to 
vein la, cream: a bar across cell, blade: a bar from costa at tAvothirds, cream: two dots from costa 
at livesixths, and a small subtermiiial si)ot in area 4, Aviiitc. llindAving rich red-broAvn: apex broadly 
and termen, black: a series of small blue-pu])illed discal ocelli, blacde. 
Beneatii. Forewing as aboA'c: apex and termen broAvn mottled Avhitish: a large posteellular rms 
near costa, blue. llindAving broAvn-black mottled greyish: a series of irregular pale-centred obscure 
discal ocelli, broAvn. 
9 . Above and Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Atherton. Ilerbertou 1 10. Brisbane 10. Stradbroke Is. 12. Blackl)utt 1. ^It. Tambourine 12. 
Richmond R. 4 5 9. Dorrigo 10 11. Ebor 12. Port ]\Iacquarie 10 11. iManninir R. 3 4. OurimbalLj. 
Sydney 1 2 9 10 11 . Blue aits . 10 11. Mt. Kosciusko l.'^ j\It. St. Bernard 1 2. Wandin ni 12. 
]\felbouruc 3 10 . Gisborne 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 . Castlemaine 9 10 11 12. Sea Lake. Kerang. 
XX. jjaimceston 3 11. Mt. Magnet 3. Adelaide 9 10 11 12. Balaklava 11. Kangaroo Is. 11. 1 ailing- 
up 10. Waroona 9. Perth 10 11. 29d^ 27 Q. To^ovNia 
Genus MYNES Boisduval. 
Voyage Astrolabe, Le|)idoptera, p. 129, 1832. 
Antennae much more thau half the length of costa, Avith clubs long, gi’adual and slender. Eyes 
hairy. ForeAviiig Avith vein 11 and vein 10 arising close together from subcostal before end of cell: cell 
less than half the length of Aviug, and closed, Avith loAver edge longer than upper edge. Hindwing witli 
cell open and terznen toothed at vein 4. 
Type. Myjies geoffroyi Guerin, from Ncav Guinea. 
63. Mynes geoffroyi Guerin. (Ncav Guinea). 
63a. M. geoffroyi guerini Wallace. Fig. 48. 
Transactions Entomological Society London 1869, p. 78. 
c?. Above. Forewing gi'eyish Avhite, paler toAA’ards toz'nus; costa narroAvly, apex broadly, and termen. 
black: a series of illdetined subapical spots, cream. Hindwing greyish Avhite: apex broadly and 
termen narroAAdy, black: an obscure subterminal band, bluish gi’ey. 
