LIPHYRINAE 
135 
EIPHYRA 
Beneath. Eorewing pale broAvn suffused silvery white: basal third orange-yellow: a large patch in 
end of cell and beyond cell from vein 12 to vein 2, black: discal spots of upper surface faintly yellow: 
a narroAV teiininal line, silvery white. Hindwing 2 ^ale brown irregularly suffused silvery white: costa 
with irregular striae, red-brown: a naiTow irregular bar from dorsum near base to vein 2, red-brown 
edged silvery white: dorsal area below bar paler, and with obscure irregular striae, red-brown: a 
naiTW terminal line, silvery white. 
$. Above, lorewing orange: ternien broadly brown-black obscurely edged orange-brown: costa 
narroAvly orange-brown; a large irregular s^iot in end of cell and beyond, and confluent with tAVo 
large irregular black discal siiots in areas 2 and 3, black: cilia orange-broAvn. Hindwing orange: 
termen with a broad band, broAvn-black edged orange-broAvn: tornus orange-broAvn: a series of three 
irregular discal spots in areas 2, 3 and 5, black: cilia, orange-brown. 
Beneath as in male: silvery suffusion much fainter: terminal whitish line not silvery and only 
traceable on tornal half of wing. 
Log. Cape York 2 11 12. Cooktown 10 11. Cairns 10. TownsAulle 12 7. 17 11$. 
Y e are indebted to Mr. F. P. Dodd for the very interesting examples from which Ave have produced 
figures 592 and 593, These are freshly emerged butterflies Avith the sticky Avhite fugith'e scales stili 
adhering to the Avings. These curious scales afford j^roteetion from the ants during the helplessness 
of emergence, and are dislodged by tlie first feAv movements of flight. As soon as these specialised 
scales are lost, the butterllies aj^pear as in figures 570 and 571. 
193b. L, brassolis melania nov. 
Above. ForeAving black: costa faintly orange-broAAui; a basal area, just reaching costa and dorsum 
but not reaching area 2, orange-broAvn: a series of three irregular large discal sj^ots in area 2, area 
3 and betAveen vein 4 and \'ein G, orange: cilia orange-broAvn. HindAAung orange-broAvn: a broad ter¬ 
minal area from apex to vein 2, black: tornus orange-black: a series of three irregular discal spots in 
areas 2, 3 and 5, black: cilia orange-broAvn. 
Beneath. ForeAving pale broAAui suffused sih’ery: basal third orange-yelloAV: a large patch in end 
of cell, and beyond cell from vein 12 to vein 2, black: discal spots of ui^j^er surface faintly yellow: 
a narrow terminal line, silvery. HindAving pjale broAvn irregularly suffused silvery: costa Avith irregular 
striae, red-brown: a narrow irregular bar from dorsum near base to vein 2, red-broAvn edged silvery; 
dorsal area below bar paler, and Avith obscure irregular striae, red-broAvn: a narroAV terminal line, 
silvery. 
Log. DarAvin 9 12. 3cr. 
This subspecies is much darker than brassolis major both above and beneath, and the orange-broAvn 
area of forewlng aboA’e does not extend beyond vein 2. 
