BY G. A. WATERHOUSE. 651 



Underside pure silky white with very faint black termina- 

 tions to the nervules on the outer margin. One small black spot 

 midway near the inner margin of hindwing. 



9. Forewing with costa nearly straight, apex pointed, but outer 

 margin convex. Outer margin of hindvnng more rounded than 

 in the male. 



Upper side. — For p.iving h\3^ck and white, with a faint sub- 

 basal blue suffusion; the black costal border is wider than in the 

 male and occupies all the cell, and extends somewhat along the 

 inner margin (in one specimen it extends the whole length of the 

 inner margin), thus leaving an almost circular central white spot. 

 This central white spot, which is wholly below the cell, when 

 viewed directly, is white, Avith the basal portion slightly blue, 

 but when viewed obliquely has a beautiful pale silvery -blue sheen. 

 Hindwing brown with apical angle white, the white apical patch 

 in some specimens extending downwards through the cell to the 

 median nervule and not having the blue sheen as in the forewing. 

 Cilia white. Abdominal fold white. 



Underside as in the male, but the terminations of the 

 nervules are more marked. 



Expanse, $ 23 mm.; 9 24-26 mm. 



This insect is allied to P. ilias, Felder, but the white patches 

 in both sexes are a ready means of identifying it. 



Log. — Cairns District. 



Philiris Kurand^, n.sp. 



^. Foreiving with costa very straight, apex very acute, outer 

 margin straight. Hindwing with anal angle slightly produced. 



Uppersid e. — Foreiuing dark purple with black costal border, 

 apex broadly black and inner margin less broadly black. Hind- 

 wing with costal border broadly black, outer margin narrowly 

 black, the rest of wing bright blue. Abdominal fold grey. Cilia 

 white. 



Underside silky white, terminations of veins black, but 710 

 black spot near inner margin of the hindwing as in P. KamerungcH 

 and P. ilias. 



