30 ON HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED AUSTRALIAN RHOPALOCERA, 



' Ex. $ IfWin. ; $ 2 in. 



ffab. — Cooktown (N. Queensland). Coll. Miskin. This species 

 is iiear to infuscata (Macleay). 



Fam. LYC^NIDiE, Steph. 



Genus LUCIA, Swain. 



L. LucANus, F. 



(Hesp. L.) Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 322, n. 221 (1793); Bon. 

 (Pap. L.) Tns. India, t. 43, f. 4 (ISOO) ; Butler (Zeritis L.) B.M, 

 Cat. Fab. Lep. p. 178 (1869) ; L. linibaria, Stvainson (nee 

 Blanchard) Zool. 111. Ins. II. t. 135 (1833^; Chrysophanus 

 discifer, Herr.-Schff. Stett. Ent. Zeit. p. 72, n. 21, t. 4, f. 21 

 (1869) ; Ex. Schmett. II. f. 123 (1869) ; Semjier (Zer. D.) Mus. 

 Godf. XIV. Lep. p. 18 (1878) ; Tepper (Lye. D.) Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 S. Aust. Vol. IV. p. 29, t. 11, f. 14-15 (1882). 



As there appears some confusion with respect to this very 

 common species, and the descriptions already published are very 

 incomplete, I give the above synonymy, and append a full descrip- 

 tion of both sexes. Swainson's figure, and Herrich-SchafFer's 

 figure in Ex. Schmett., (I have not seen his figure and description 

 in Stett. Ent. Zeit.), both represent the ^. Eosenstock (Ann. N. 

 Hist. (5), Vol. XVI. p. 377, 1885) describing L. j)yrodiscits — 

 which latter appears to me to be = Clirysoijhanus aurifer — refers to 

 liinharia (Swains. J in error, evidently meaning limbaria of 

 Blanchard, a different insect, which is = aurifer of same author — 

 a Chrysophanus. 



(J. Upperside.— /*/•^maries reddish-brown, with the whole of 

 discal area nearly touching hind margin and base shining orange ; 

 short transverse band of brown at end of cell. Seeo7idaries uni- 

 form reddish-brown. Fringe of both wings alternately brown and 

 white. 



