180 AUSTRALIAN lillOPALOCEnA : lAC.KMD.K, III., 



discal series in both wings often absent, and generally the mark- 

 ings are less well defined than in C. ahsimilis; three interneural 

 distinct jet black spots on outer margin near anal angle. Cilia 

 white. 



9- 14-18 nnii. (17). Shape as in C. ahsimilis 9- 



U p p e r s i d e as in C. absimilis 9, but with the white spot 

 of hindwing extending to costa. 



Underside as in (J, but the interneural series of black 

 spots extending all along outer margin of hindwing. 



This species is intermediate between C. ahsimilis and C.helenita 

 in respect of the underside; while on the upperside it shows some 

 characters of both species. The colour of the male is near that 

 of C. ahsimilis, but it has broader margins and also shows the 

 arrow-shaped shadow as in C. helenita; the female has the blue 

 bases of C. ahsimilis, and the white patch extending to costa on 

 hindwing. Semper's description and Druce's figure of the type 

 female of C. helenita clearly show that that specimen is really the 

 female of this species and not C. hdenita 9, which has no blue on 

 the upperside, and is almost without markings below. 



Log. — Cairns, Gayndah, Cape York (^ 2, 9 6). 



Candalides helenita. Semper (Plate ii., fig. 34). 



Holochila helenita, Semp., Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 162, 1878; 

 Druce, P.Z.S. 1902, ii. p. 119; Waterhouse, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. 

 S.Wales, 1902, p. 333: H. androdus, Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1890, p. 41 : //. suharcientea, G. Smith ct Kirby, Rhop. 

 Exot. pt. 38, figs. 9, 10, 189G. 



(J. 15-17 mm. (16). Shape as in C. ahsimilis $. 



Upperside greenish-blue, with very narrow dark outer 

 margins and the arrow-shaped shadow made by the raised scales 

 on median nervules in forewing. Cilia brownish. 



Underside silky white, with an interneural series of black 

 spots on outer margin of hindwing, rest of wings usually without 

 markings, though a careful examination will sometimes reveal 

 faint traces of discal and submarginal series. Cilia white. 



9. 12-18 mm. (16). Shape as in C. ahsimilis 9. 



