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in the female the white areas are larger than in absimilis, and in the 

 hindwing the white area extends to the costa. Thus it will be 

 seen that when describing II. androdus, Miskin was only renaming 

 an old species. Miskin does not mention the arrow-shaped 

 shadow on the forewing, but one of his localities, Cape York, is 

 the same as Semper's. Regarding //. suhargentea, Mr. R. E. 

 Turner, who has seen both the type specimen of androdus and 

 the figure of snhargentea, says that they are identical. The figure 

 is a very good one, and shows the arrow-shaped shadow on the 

 forewing, a character, however, not mentioned in the description. 

 The female is not figured, and the locality given for the male is 

 Cape York. 



Mr. Turner, who has caught many specimens of this species 

 both at Cairns and Cape York, informs me that the markings on 

 the underside vary, but that those of the upperside are constant. 

 A careful examination of the descriptions convinces one that both 

 Miskin, and Grose Smith and Kirby described a much older form. 

 It should also be noted that the locality, Cape York, is given by 

 all three writers. 



Loc. — Cairns, Cooktown, and Cape York, Q. 



Ogyris, West wood. 



Gen. Diurn. Lepid. ii., 472 (1850-1852); Miskin, Proc. Linn. 

 8oc. X.S.W. 1890, V. (2), 23. 



The three following species of this beautiful Australian genus 

 have, b}^ all writers, been greatly confused. The insects are all 

 of a brilliant silvery-blue on the upperside; and on account of 

 their at one time great rarity they are usually poorly represented 

 in collections. Also authors knowing only one species, have tried 

 to make it fit described species with little success. The difficulty 

 is cleared up, however, when we recognise that there are not one 

 or two species, as authors have variousl}'' supposed, but three; and 

 that the commonest and best known, is the one that as yet has 

 not been named. 1 give the three descriptions below. 



