THECI-INAE 
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bindahara 
Bexeath. Porewing brown: a spot in base of cell, brown-black: a narrow bar at end of cell 
indicated by its whitish edges only: a broad band across cell and a broad diseal band, neh hrown 
edged Avhitish: termen obscurely broAvn. Hindwing orange-brown: costa brown: a series of basal 
spots the largest in area 7, broAvn-black: an obscure bar at end of cell, brown: an irregular broad 
diseal band, rich brown on costal area and indicated by brown linear edges only on remainder of wing: 
a narroAV subterminal line, brown-black: a pair of subcaudal spots, brown-black crowned metallic 
blue: anal lobe black edged orange-bi'OAvn. 
p Above. Porewing dull black: cilia black. Hindwing Avith basal half dull black and outer half Avhite: 
a subcaudal spot in area 2, black: tail white edged black: a terminal narroAv line, black: cilia Avbite. 
Bexeatii. PoreAving Avhite: markings as in male: termen broAvn. HindAving Avhite: markings as in 
male: a narroAA' terminal line, black: tail black AA'itb a narroAV central line, AA'^bite. anal lobe edged 
white. 
Log. Cape York 1 2 3 5. Banks Is. 2 3. Murray Is. 8. CooktoAAUi 10 11 12. Knranda 1 2 3 4 5 1] 
12. Atherton 3 11. ToAvnsville 12. 38 ci’ 20 Q. 
Subfamily LIPHYRINAE. 
Ovum. Cylindrical: flattened at base and apex: drum shaiDed. 
Larva. Plattened: oval: ehitinous. 
Pupa. Of the usual Lyeaenid type: pupation talces jAlace Avithin the final larA'al skin, wliicli acts as 
a shelter from the ants Avithin A\liose leafnests the laiwae and pupae are found. 
Imago. Of large size and very robust build. Porewing Avith tAveh^e A^eins: vein 11 not anastomosed 
Avitli vein 12: vein 7 reaching termen AAmll beyond apex: \'ein 6 sometimes from cell and sometimes 
from A^ein 7. HindAving Avith termen produced at A’ein la. Male Avithout a sexmark. Ea^cs smooth. 
Antennae short and stout, and without a distinct club. 
Raxge. Prom Assam, throughout the Indo-Malaymi Region, to the northern parts of Australia. 
(Por a full account of the A'ery remarkable life history of the one species of this subfamily, see 
P. P. Dodd in Entomologist 1902 and 1903, and Dr. Chapman in same Journal for 1902.) 
Genus LIPHYRA Westwood. 
Proceedings Entomological Society London 1864, p. 31. 
The structural characters are defined under the subfamily. This is an interesting aberrant genus 
erected for a single species AAliich has de\'eloped several local races not A’ery Avidely diA'ergent. It seems 
quite out of place among the delicate Lyca^nidae, but structurally belongs to that family, though in 
general appearance it resembles the Brassolinae of South America. It differs from all other Australian 
Lycaenidae in vein 8 of the foreAAung being present in both sexes. 
Type. Liphyra hrassolis WestAvood, from Assam. 
Pood. Accox'ding to P. P. Dodd, the larvae feed upon the ova and pupae of the gi*een tree-ant 
Oecopliylla smaragdina, 
193. Liphyra hrassolis WestAvood. (Assam). 
The Australian races differ from typical hrassolis (according to the published figures) in having 
larger black areas above, especially in the male. 
193a. L. hrassolis major Rotbsebild. Fig. 570, 571, 592, 593. 
NoAutates Zoologicae 1898, p. 97. 
c?. Above. PoreAving broAAUi-blaek : costa A'ery narroAvly orange-bi’OAvn, and toA\mrds apex obscurely 
splashed Avith Avliite: a basal ai’ea, reaching costa and doi*sum, orange: a series of tlu'ee irregular 
diseal spots, in ai-ea 2, area 3 and betAveen A^ein 4 and vein 6, orange: cilia orange-broAvn, Hinchving 
orange: a broad terminal ai’ea, from apex to A’eiii 2, bi'OAvn-blaek: toimus orange-brown: a series of 
three iiTegular diseal spots in areas 2, 3, and 5, black: cilia orange-broAAm. 
