BY W. H. MISKIN. 39 



Underside. — Primaries : light greyish-brown ; the bands of 

 darker brown edged with white ; one short one in centre of cell ; 

 another short one at end of cell ; one complete one beyond cell ; a 

 subraarginal brown line. Secondaries : greyish-brown, the bands 

 and spots very dark brown ; a basal spot near costa ; a subbasal 

 transverse row of three spots ; a short disco-cellular band ; a 

 transverse band beyond, but touching the last, considerably 

 elbowed at middle outwardly ; a submarginal row of brown spots, 

 crowned with lunules of darker brown ; outer area lighter 

 coloured than basal portion. Thorax and abdomen, above dark 

 brown, beneath grey. 



Exp. 18 mm. 



Sab. — Hobart (Tasmania). Coll. Miskin. 



This little species is closely allied to the last-described, but the 

 markings on underside of secondaries are somewhat differently 

 arranged ; they both approach in some degree to agricola (D. & H,) 



For both this and the previous species I am indebted to 

 Mr. Gervase F. Mathew ; they have been in my collection for 

 a considerable time unnamed, and as they are irreconcilable with 

 any published descriptions I have now determined to claim on 

 their behalf specific rank. 



Genus LYC^NESTHES, Moore. 



L. TuRNERi, n.sp. 



$. Upperside. — Uniform dark violet. 



Underside. — Very pale shining brown, with the usual silvery- 

 white parallel broken lines, forming transverse bands. Primaries : 

 a short one at end of cell ; another beyond, from costa not quite 

 reaching hinder margin ; a submarginal one indistinct. Secondaries : 

 one near base across wing; a short one at end of cell; beyond this 

 another from border to border ; a submarginal one, lunulate ; 

 between 2nd and 3rd median branches a black spot crowned with 

 orange-red on border ; marginal fine black line. 



