BY G. A. WATERIIOUSK. 157 



wavy wliite line, which is closest to outer margin at the nervules, 

 double near apex. Hindwing witli brown areas in a correspond- 

 ing position to blue on upperside, white corresponding to white 

 on upperside; a white marginal line interrupted by the nervules, 

 between the nervules large conical dark sj^ots bounded internally 

 with white and externally with white suffused with blue scales, 

 excepting the spot between 1st and 2nd median nervules wliich 

 extends to the white marginal line, and has blue splashes on 

 either side; internal to this, but still on the brown area, an 

 irregular band d£ darker brown spots bordered with Avhite, these 

 spots occurring between each pair of nervules except above sub- 

 costal nervule and between subcostal nervule and subcostal 

 nervure, where it is only a half spot. Cilia brown. 



$.19 mm. Forewiyig with costa more arched, apex more 

 rounded and outer margin more convex than in ^. 



Upperside. — Forewiyig with costal area and all above 

 median nervure excepting the cell black, outer margin black, in 

 width about J of wing, cell and basal area suffused with blue 

 scales, rest of wing white; black of 9 corresponding to blue of g. 

 Hindvnng with outer half black .(corresponding to blue of (J), 

 rest of wing white except basal portion, which is suffused with 

 pale blue; on inner edge of black area a blue suffusion in the 

 region of median nervules; a very faint white marginal line 

 in region of tail, which is black, tipped with white. 



U n d e r s i d e. — Exactly as in ^ except that the blue metallic 

 scales are more plentiful on the white borders to the black 

 spots of hindwing. 



The above description is taken from a pair in the Macleay 

 Museum caught at Darnley Island several years ago. I am not 

 quite sure that our form is typical L. alexias ; but it is certainly 

 very closely related to it, and without seeing a specimen from the 

 type locality, I do not feel justified in altering the above name. 

 I have some doubts as to whether Semper's specimen from Cook- 

 town is really this species, as I do not think it occurs on the 

 mainland (cJ 3, 9 1). 



