186 AUSTRALIAN RIIOPALOCERA: LYCflS ID.E, III., 



Candalides cyanites, Meyrick. 



Polyommatus cyanites, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 1887, p. 828 : Hoi. cyanites, Misk., Syn. Cat. Rhop. Aust. p. 64, 

 1891. 



(J. 13-16 mm. (15). Upperside brilliant deep blue, -with 

 costal and outer margins black. Cilia black, tipped with white. 



Underside as in C. hyacinthina, but with markings much 

 obscured, and groundcolour darker; two black spots in angle 

 of forewing prominent. Cilia dark grey. 



^. 15mm. Upperside with outer margins rounder, the 

 colour more restricted than in ^. 



Underside as in (J. 



This is closely allied to C. hyacinthina, but the margins are 

 black and broader, the colour blue and brilliant, and not purple, 

 the underside much darker. It appears to be a very rare species, 

 and most of the known specimens are rather worn, showing much 

 paler colouring. This species is the finest of the four allied 

 forms. 



j^oc. — West Australia (Meyrick), South Australia (JNIacleay 

 Coll.), Victoria (Lyell) {$ 3, 9 1). 



Candalides acasta, Cox (Plates ii., fig. 19; iii., fig. 7). 



Lye. acasta, Cox, Entom. iv. p. 402, 1873 : Hoi. anita, Semjj., 

 Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 163, 1878 : C. anita, Druce, P.Z.S. 1902, 

 ii. p. 120: Lye. mcerens, Rosen., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xvi. 

 p. 377, 1885: Hoi mcerens. And. & Spry, Vict. Butt. p. 92, 1894: 

 Lye. canescens, Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Whales, 1890, p. 35. 



(J. 11-13 mm. (12). Upperside purplish, with brown outer 

 margins. Cilia in very fresh specimens brown, spotted with 

 white. 



Underside dark grey, sometimes sprinkled with white, 

 markings as in G. hyacinthina, but reduced to mere dark specks, 

 indistinct, the dark spots at hinder angle of forewing never con- 

 spicuous, usually represented by a blotch. A dark sufiusion on 

 outer margin of hind wing near middle. Cilia dark grey. 



