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Show 1893.] THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE GENUS THYSONOTIS. 545 THYSONOTIS SCHAEFFERA. (Plate XLVII. figs. 4, 4 a.) Lyccena schaeffera, Esch. Kotzeb. Eeise, iii. p. 216, t. 5. f. a, b (1821). Cupido schaeffera, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 348 2. Cupido schaeffera, Oberthiir, Ann. Mus. Genova, xv. p. 524 (1880)4. Thysonotis schaeffera, G. Semper, Eeise Phil., Bbop. p. 167, t. xxxii. ff. 1-3 (1889)1. Lyccena schaeffera, Staud. Iris, ii. p. 94 (1889)3. Banis absyrtus, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iii. p. 270 (1859). Hab. Philippine Is.-Luzon, Bohol,Camotes and S.W. Mindanao1; Borneo 2; Palawan 3; Ternate4; Batchian (Boherty) (Mus. B.) ; Taganac Is. (Mus. B.). A well-known species which appears to be very common in the Philippine Is., and, so far as we are aware, does not show any appreciable variation. Genitalia. Somewhat allied to T. danis and T. apollonius, apex of tegumen more produced and hooks stouter. Penis about a third as stout and longer, with the hinged cover, which is produced very much beyond the lower apex and is upturned at the extremity. Taken from a specimen from the Philippine Islands. (Plate XLVII. figs. 4, 4 a.) THYSONOTIS CALEDONICA. (Plate XLVI. fig. 1.) Lyccena caledonica, Feld. Eeise Nov., Lep. ii. p. 267, t. 33. (1865). Thysonotis caledonica, H. H. Druce, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 441. o*. Upperside dark purple-blue, with the costal margin of fore wing very narrowly and the outer margin narrowly black. Hind wing with the anal and outer margins black, widest at the anal angle and gradually decreasing towards the apex; costal margin black near the base, whitish before the apex. Underside as § . Hab. New Caledonia (Mus. B. Sf B. M.). As I have before pointed out (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 365), Dr. Felder's figure does not give an adequate idea of the brilliancy of this insect. He described the female only and remarked that it was a local form of L. schaeffera. M. Kirsch (Beitr. Lep.-Faun, von Neu-Guinea, p. 126) records this species from Jobi I., but we think he has probably confounded it with some other. THYSONOTIS CEPHEIS. Thysonotis cepheis, H. H. Druce, P. Z. S. 1891,pi. xxxii. ff. Hab. Guadalcanar I., Solomon Is. D. The TAYGETUS group. The insects included in this group are somewhat more slender, and have females with a white band common to both wings, with, |