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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN RHOPALOCERA : 

 L YC.EXID.E. Part III.- -Revisional. 



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



(Plates ii.-iii.) 



This Part contains the descriptive portion of the remainder 

 of this famil}^; it also deals fully M'ith the nomenclature, which I 

 found in a state of great confusion. In ever}^ case I have stated 

 nay reasons for a change in either the generic or specific name. 



I must here tender my thanks to Messrs. R. E. Turner, G. Lyell, 

 R. Illidire, and Dr. A. J. Turner, who have placed their collections 

 at my disposal and have given me examples of many rare species. 

 Without the advice and extensive collection recentl}^ made by 

 Mr. Pv. E. Turner, who re-discovered several rare species, this 

 paper would not have been nearly so complete. Messrs. O. Lower, 

 J. F. Haase, W. W. Froggatt, F. Brosvn, H. Tr3-on, and J. A. 

 Kershaw have also aided me with the loan or gift of specimens; 

 and I have been given ample opportunity of examining the col- 

 lections in the Macleay, Queensland, and Australian Museums, 

 receiving many valuable notes from our veteran entomologist, 

 Mr. G. Masters. 



In dealing with measurements, I have given the lengths of the 

 costa of fore wing from base to apex, taken from my own cabinet 

 collection of fifteen hundred specimens, and seven hundred speci- 

 mens in the collection of Mr. G. Lyell, so that with few exceptions 

 the figures may be regarded as exceptionally accurate. To each 

 species is appended the number of specimens (not necessarih' all 

 in my own collection) upon which I have based m}^ remarks. In 

 future Parts I hope to present many unrecorded notes on life- 

 histories, to deal with the question of geographical and bathy- 

 metrical distribution, and to give some notes on the localities 



