702 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN LYC^NID^, V, 



When ray revisional paper was written in 1903, I knew but one 

 lalmenus from West Australia, and as Hewitson's descriptions of 

 /. icilius and /. inous differed only in very minor points, I wrongly 

 concluded they both represented the same species. I now have two 

 distinct species from the West, and I find that the one to which I 

 applied the name I. inous, is correctly /. icilius. It may be recog- 

 nised as follows: — 



(J. Above. Forewing smoky-brown; small centrobasal area, 

 metallic green. Hindwing smoky-brown ; small centrobasal area, 

 metallic green; tornal spots irregular, small, black crowned with 

 dull orange. 



Beneath. Forewing dull pale brown; markings pale brown, 

 sometimes almost obsolete. Hindwing dull pale-brown; markings 

 pale-brown, sometimes almost obsolete ; tornal spots as above. 



5. Above as in ^; centrobasal areas metallic blue. Beneath as 

 in (J. 



Loc. — Perth, Adelaide, Victoria. 



This species is distinctly smaller than /. inous. 



Ialmenus inous Hewitson. 



111. Diurn. Lep., Lye, p. 54, pi. 24, figs. 1, 2, 1854 (Swan River) : 

 not /. mows Waterhouse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, 1903, p. 259. 



(J. Above. Forewing dark brown; centrobasal area metallic 

 green. Hindwing dark brown ; centrobasal area metallic green ; 

 tornal spots irregular, large, black crowned with reddish-orange. 



Beneath. Forewing pale-brown ; markings broad, brown, edged 

 white; subterminal band broad, brown, edged white. Hindwing 

 l)ale-brown ; markings broad, brown, edged white; tornal si)ots as 

 above. 



5. Above as in ^; centrobasal areas metallic blue. Beneath as 

 in^. 



Loc. — Waroona, Carnarvon. 



The above two descriptions will place these two species beyond 

 doubt, which Hewitson's descriptions and figures fail to do. 



