BY G. A. WATERHOUSK. 199 



for several of the Australian LycoenidcB. With reference to Lye. 

 lyccvnoides, Feld., of which the underside of the male is figured 

 by Felder, and the female by Hewitson, I should certainly say it 

 is not Lye. eniolus, Godt., but rather approaches, if it is not 

 identical with, the species herein described. 



Z(>c'.— Mackay to Cape York, Thursday Island (^ 10, 9 G). 



Lyc^nesthes godeffroyi, Semper. 



Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 165, 1878 : L. tumeri, Miskin, Proc. 

 Linn. 80c. N.S. Wales, (2) v. p, 39, 1890; de Nicev., Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. xiii. p. 146, pi. Z, figs. 23, 24, 1898. 



^. 13-1 4 mm. (14). Shape as in L. modestus, but rather more 

 produced at anal angle. 



Upper side uniform lilac-purple, with narrow dark outer 

 margins, three short white ciliated tails. Cilia brown. 



Underside greyish, with spots and bands as in general 

 description, well bordered with white; colour of spots not 

 markedly different from groundcolour; outer marginal lunular 

 bands well developed. Cilia brown. 



9. 15-16 mm. (15). Shape as in L. modestus 9. 



Uppersid e. — Forewing black, with centrobasal area broadly 

 blue, a large white blotch just beyond lower end of cell. Hindwbuj 

 light whitish-violet, the nervules well marked in brown; outer 

 marginal line black, internal to which is an interneural white 

 line, then an interneural series of whitish-violet lunules situated 

 in a broad black outer margin. Cilia white. 



Underside as in (J, but disc much whiter, the white spot 

 of forewing showing on underside. 



This species lacks the dark spot on the abdominal margin on 

 underside usually found in L. eniolus and L. modestus, in this 

 particular agreeing with the Indian L. lyccanina, Feld., to which 

 in several respects the male is allied. 



Dr. Staudinger"^ figures under the name Psendodipsas lycce- 

 noides, Feld., a male somewhat allied to this species; and he 



* Exot. Schmett. p. 273, t. 94, 1888. 



