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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN RHOPALOCERA.LYC.ENIDjE, 



Part i. 

 By G. a. Waterhouse, B.Sc, B.E., F.E.S. 



(Plate xiv.) 



It is my intention in this series of papers to publish from time 

 to time notes on the generic position of Australian species 

 referred to the Lyccenid(e, so that our knowledge of this family 

 may be brought more into line with that of other parts of the 

 world, particularly of the Indo-Malayan region. At the present 

 time our genera are large and unwieldy, containing many very 

 dissimilar forms, for which there are suitable genera at hand in 

 which to place them. The system of classification used will be 

 that given by the late Mr. L. de Niceville in his ' Butterflies of 

 India, Burmah and Ceylon. Part iii. Lyccenidce,'' to whom I am 

 also indebted for many valuable generic notes on Australian 

 specimens which have been submitted to him. In addition to 

 my own collection of Australian and foreign Lyccenidce I have 

 had access to the very fine collection in the Macleay Museum. 

 In addition I intend giving notes on life-histories, distribution 

 and synonyms, as well as descriptions of any new species it may 

 be my good fortune to discover. 



Megisba nigra, Miskin. 



Lycctiiia nigra, (9) Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1890, 

 V. (2), 36. 



Miskin described the female; I now give a description of the 

 male. 



