BY G. A. WATERHOUSE AND R. E. TURNER. 801 



N E s L Y c .E N A, geii, nov. 



Forewim/s with costa nearly straight, slightl}^ arched at base 

 and apex; outer margin somewhat convex; inner margin straight; 

 costal nervure ending on costa just before end of cell; subcostal 

 nervure with three branches, the first ending on costa just 

 beyond end of cell, subcostal nervure ending on costa above 

 apex; discocellulars not in a straight line, lower, much bent; first 

 median branch convex to inner margin. Hindtvmgs with the 

 outer margin forming an arc of a circle and without a tail. 

 Antennae short, much less than half the length of costa, and 

 ending in a short spatulate club. Terminal joint of palpi short. 

 Eyes smooth. 



Type, " Holochilci' albocericea, Miskin. 



This genus is allied to Candalides, Hiibner, (tpye C. xanthos- 

 pilos), but has much shorter antennae and palpi. In Candalides 

 also the discocellulars of the fore wings are in a straight line, and 

 the first median branch is straight. In facies the type species is 

 very different from any known Australian Lycaenid, the upper- 

 side reminding us of the Pierid genus Elodiiia. 



Lycenesthes A.FFINIS, nom.nov. 



Lye. modestus, Waterhouse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1903, 

 p. 198. 



Mr. Druce writes, that Staudinger* described a species from 

 Palawan as Pseudodipsas modesta, which is synonymous with 

 Lyccenesthes emolus; therefore our form requires a new name. 

 The specimen referred to by Semper as 1 L. halliston, Hiib., 

 which is now in Mr. Druce's Collection, is identical with Lye. 

 affinis. 



Catochrysops platissa, Herrich-Schaffer. 



Mr. Druce writes : " The specimens referred by Semper to 

 L. kandarpa, and which are now in our collection, are the typical 

 lilac-blue C. strabo, Fabr., — exactly like specimens from India, 



* Deut. Ent. Zeit. Lep. 18S9, p. 104, pi. 1, fig. 7. 



