188 AUSTRALIAN JlUOPA LOCh'JlA .- LyCJ:MJ)J:, III., 



nei'vules; a central purplish-ljlack discal sexual mark. Cilia 

 black, interiieurally tipped with grey. Himbving reddish-brown, 

 witli a coppery reflection except on costa, outer and abdominal 

 margins; base suffused with purplish-black. Cilia as in fore- 

 wing. 



U n d e r s i d e. — Forewuu/ light brown, a discocellular dark 

 streak, discal and submarginal series of interneural l^lackish spots- 

 Cilia greyish. Hindwiiig light brown, dark spot in cell, central, 

 discal and submarginal curved series of spots, innermost being 

 less extensive. Cilia greyish, spotted with brown. 



9. 14-20 mm. (16). U p p e r s i d e bright purple, with orange- 

 brown costal and outer margins. Cilia as in jj. 



U n d e r s i d e as in (J. 



In some specimens the spots of the underside are as many as 

 in C htjacinthina; in others the underside is almost without spots. 

 I have already shown that H. purpurea is a synonym of this 

 species, which is very distinct from all others of the genus. 

 Specimens bred by Mr. Illidge, near Brisbane, are much larger 

 than Sj'-dney specimens. 



Loc. — Sydney, Katoomba, Brisbane to Rockhampton (q 18, 9 7). 



Philiris, Bober. 



Tijdschr. Ent. xxxiv. p. 317; Exot. Schmett. Theil ii p. 273, 

 1892; Druce, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xi. p. 14, 1897. 



This genus, the type of which is P. ilias from Amboina, has a 

 three-branched subcostal to the forewing, and the costal nervure 

 is entirely free from the first subcostal, but is bent towards it. 

 It is closely allied to C. xanthospilos^ but has an acute apex and 

 a straight outer margin to the forewing, and the outer margin of 

 hindwing is not nearly so evenly rounded. There is also a great 

 resemblance to Pseitdodipsas. 



The Australian species may be recognised thus : — 



A. Underside white, with black spot on abdominal margin of 

 hindwing. 



«. Upperside without white areas innotdtus. 



h. Upperside with white areas in both sexes Uamcrnn(jit\ 



