BY G. A. WATERHOUSE. 187 



9. 10-13 mm. (12). Shape as in C. erinus Q. 



Uppers ide dark brown, with centrobasal areas rich purple, 

 of very variable extent. Cilia white, spotted with brown. 



U n d e r s i d e as in ^, but sometimes with the addition of two 

 black spots in cell of forewing. 



This species is of the size and shape of C. erinus: and of the 

 colouration of C. hyacinthina on the ujDperside, but is quite dis- 

 tinct from both on the underside, being darker, the wedge-shaped 

 spots being replaced by black dots, and the two black spots of 

 forewing being represented only by dark suffusions. 



It is found in the same localities and at the same time of the 

 3^ear as C. hyacinthina, otherwise it might easily be supposed to 

 be a seasonal form of that species. Druce has shown that C. 

 maerens must sink under G. aniUi : and an examination of 

 Miskin's type of C. canescens from Tasmania, which is in rather 

 poor condition, leaves no doubt as to this name having to sink. 



Cox thus describes his species : " Expanse 10 lines. Dark inky 

 purple shot with copper colour. Underside grey, with several 

 rows of indistinct brown spots. A large indistinct brown blotch 

 near anal angle of both wings. Fringe unspotted." This, though 

 a very poor description, can, I think, only refer to the species 

 under consideration, which I know is taken in S. Australia, where 

 Cox's type came from. The size he gives is considerably less 

 than what he gives for C. heathi, so that it is scarcely likely he 

 refers to C. hyacinihina, which is nearly as large as 0. heathi. I 

 rather doubt Semper's locality' of Cape York. 



Log. — Tasmania, South West and South Australia, Victoria, 

 New South Wales ((J 18, 9 8). 



Candalides cyprotus, Olliff (Plate iii., fig. 4). 



Chrysophanus cyj^rotus, OIL, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1885, 

 p. 716 : Hoi. cyjorotus, Waterh., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1902, 

 p. 333: Hoi. purpurea, Grose Smith and Kirby, Rhop.Exot. pt. 39, 

 pl.x. figs. 11, 12 (J, 1896. 



$. 13-18 mm. (15). U p p e r s i d e. —Forewing reddish-brown, 

 with a coppery reflection except on costa, outer margin and 



