NYMPHALINAE 
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HYPOLIMNAS 
Loc. Cape York 14 5. Thursday Is. 1 5. Prince of Wales Is. 5 6. Banks Is. 2 3. Darnley Is. 1 5 fi 
12. Murray Is. 8 9. Claudie ll. 1. Cooktown 4 10. Kuranda. Daiavin 3. 32^^ 17Q. 
A dryseason form of much less than average size is soinetiincs met Avith, to Avliicli Friilistorfer has 
given the name oust rails. It has the orange band broader and the suba])ical s})ots of forewing larger, 
traces of a faint tawny sjiot in cell of torcAvingj tooth ot vein 4 of hindwing shortei’j and often a violet 
retlecliou upon the chocolate l)rown areas. 
Genus HYPOLIMNAS Hubner. 
Verzcichniss bekannter Schinetterlinge^ p. 45, 1816. 
Antennae not quite half the length of costa. Eyes smooth. Forewing Avith vein 10 from subcostal 
just before end of cell: cell less than lialf the length of Aving and closed, Avith loAver and upper edges 
Fig. Q. Wing venation of 
Hypolimnas lamina. 
of about equal length. Ilindwing Avith cell much less than half the length of Aving and closed: vein 3 
and A^eiii 4 arising from almost the same point: termen rounded. (Pig. Q.) 
Type. Ihipolhnnas holina Linne, from India. 
G5. Hypolimnas misippus Linne. Fig. 54, 56. 
Museum Ludovicao Ulricao Reginae Svecorium, p. 264, 1764. 
. Above. ForoAving rich broAA'ii-black: a large discal patch and a small subapical bar, silky white 
margined Avith iridescent purjde, IlindAving rich broAvn-black: a large central spot, silky white 
margined Avith iridescent purple. 
Beneath. ForeAving broAAui, base red-broAAui, apex taAvny' broAvn: costal edge of cell black, with a 
series of tlu'ee small si3ots, Avliite: a large discal patch, reaching costa, and a subapical bar, s^y 
white: a series of inteiTupted terminal lines, white. HindAving broAvn: a broad discal band, silky white: 
three bars across area 7, and a tornal streak, blade: a series of bj’oad interrupted terminal lines. 
Avhite edged black. 
9. Aboah:. ForeAAung tuAvny orange Avith veins narroAvly broAvn-black: costa nan* 0 A\-Iy, apepc very 
l)roadly, and termen, broAvn-black: a discal bar from costa at threetifths toAvards termen before half, 
and a series of small subapical spots, Avhite: a series of interrupted terminal lines, Avhite. Hintlwing 
taAvny orange, Avith A^eins narroAA’ly broAvn-black: a subcostal spot, black: termen narrowly black. 
Avith a series of faint ihterruiiled lines, Avhite. 
Beneath. ForeAving tawny oi’ange, shading to red-browui in cell; costal edge of cell black with a 
series of three spots, Avhite; bar, spots, and lines as aboA^e. PlindAving taA\my broAvii: a basal, a snk 
costal, and a ])ostcellular bar, black; a series of faint snbtei’minal dots, Avhitish: termen as aWe bn! 
Avith Avhite lines broader. 
Log. ^ Darnley Is. 4 5. Cairns 1 4 6 7 10 12. Kuranda 5 6 7. Ingham 4 5. ToAAmsA'ille 4 6 7. ilaekay 
Brisbane. Daly R. 4. DarAAun 3 4. 220^ 259 . 
