40 ON HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED AUSTRALIAN RHOPALOCERA, 



9. Upperside. — Primaries : basal and cliscal areas to hinder 

 margin, light violet ; costal margin not widely and outer margin 

 widely, black ; a round spot of white just outside of and below 

 end of cell. Secondaries : light violet, with the outer margin 

 black, within which latter is a submarginal row of violet lunular 

 marks, then a faint violet line, the extreme margin narrowly 

 black. 



Underside. — As in ^, except that in primaries the discal area 

 but for the bands is white ; abdominal margin light brown. 

 Caudal fascicles three, instead of two as in ^. Thorax and 

 abdomen, above bluish-black, beneath light grey. 



Exp. (J 30 mm. ; 9 25 mm. 



Hab. — Cape York, Cardwell, Mackay. Coll. Miskin. 



I have named this species after Mr. Rowland E. Turner of 

 Mackay, who has been good enough to present me with a specimen 

 of each sex from his locality, my previous specimens being in poor 

 condition. 



L. Tasmanicus, n.sp. 



(J. Upperside. — Uniform lilac-blue. Primaries with the apex 

 narrowly margined with black. Secondaries with two small sub- 

 marginal patches of black at anal angle. 



Underside. — Light sienna-brown, with transverse bands of 

 dark reddish-brown, edged on each side with white ; base of both 

 wings dark brown. Primaries with a subbasal band, not extending 

 quite to hinder margin ; a short band at end of cell ; between this 

 and outer margin another, irregular in form across wing ; a waved 

 submarginal narrow indistinct one ; a whitish margin, and a faint 

 marginal line of brown. Secondaries : a subbasal band coalescing 

 with brown of base ; a central wide very irregular one ; a sub- 

 marginal waved brown line ; a white margin and a marginal 

 brown line ; two black spots with metallic green centres at anal 

 angle. Fringe white interrupted with brown spots. Thorax and 

 abdomen, dark brown above and beneath. 



Exp. 30 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania. Coll. Miskin. 



