BY G. A. WATERIIOUSE. 179 



two below cell; also a row of three crossing middle of cell, 

 one above and one below, and a spot below lower end of cell, 

 a black marginal line. Cilia white. 



$. 15-18 mm. (16). Up per side. — Foreioing black, with a 

 central ovoid white spot extending to cell but not to inner margin; 

 between base and this spot and below it bluish. Cilia white. 

 Hindwing black, with brown costal margin and subapical white spot 

 situated between subcostal and second median nervules and 

 extending somewhat into cell, which is bluish. Cilia white. 



Underside as in ^. 



I can recognise among very perfect specimens {$) three shades 

 of blue, one of which shows a trace of purple. I also find in 

 three inland specimens curious dark patches of scales in the 

 €entre of forewing quite different from that of the three 

 following species, while in a dozen other specimens this is 

 absent. In the female the size of the white spots is very- 

 variable, and, when very small, they are usually wholly suffused 

 with blue scales. 



It is quite possible that I may have two species in my 

 cabinet under this name as represented by males with and with- 

 out a darker patch on the forewing on upperside; but I must 

 certainly hesitate to separate them, especially as there are three 

 other species very closely allied. This species is by far the 

 commonest and has the widest range of the four allied forms. 



Log. — Victoria, New South Wales, Brisbane to Cairns ((J 14, 

 2 12). 



Candalides MARGARITA, Semper. 



Holochila mai^gariia, Semp., Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 161, 1878; 

 Druce, P.Z.S. 1902, ii. p. 119. 



^. 16-18 mm. Shape as in C. absimilis $. 



Upperside blue, with uniform jet black outer margins 

 wider and more distinct than in G. ahsbnilis; curious, somewdiat 

 raised, scales (Semper's arrow-shaped shadow) on median nervules 

 near lower end of cell. Cilia white. 



Underside silky white, with the scheme of markings as in 

 C. absimilis, but with many spots wanting; discocellular spots and 



