200 AUSTRALIAN J'J/OPA LOCHIIA : lA'C .KS I D .K, III., 



remarks that he has specimens from Australia whicli he considers 

 to be varieties of L. lycamoides; but whetlier lie refers to this or 

 the preceding species I am unable to sa}'. 



Loc. — Mackay to Cape York, Port Darwin {$ 4, 9 2). 



PoLYOMMATUS, Latreille. 



Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. p. 206, 1809; Moore, Lep. Cey. i. p. 93, 

 1881; de Nicev., Butt. Ind. iii. p. 203, 1890. 



As restricted by Moore and de Niceville, this genus has the 

 forewing triangular, the subcostal with three branches, the first 

 of which is quite free from the costal nervure; and the hind wing 

 has a long filamentous tail to the first median nervule. 



Type P. hiEticus, Linn. 



The genus now comprises one, almost world-wide species, though 

 there seems little to separate it from such a species as Catochry- 

 ^oj^s strabo, Fabr. 



PoLYOMMATUS BcETicus, Linn. (Plate iii., fig. 11). 



Pap. bceticus, Linn., 8yst. Nat. ed. xii. i, p. 789, 1767 : Poly, 

 hfjeticus, de Nicev., Butt. Ind. iii. p. 204, t. 27, tig. 190, 1890: 

 Lampides bmtiais, And. tt Spry, Vict. Butt. ii. p. 84, 1894: : Pa2}. 

 damoetes, Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 526, 1775; Don., Ins. New Holl. 

 pi. xxxi. fig. 2, 1805. 



(J. 12-17 mm. (15). U p p e r s i d e violaceous, blue at base, 

 with a covering of long bluish hair-like scales, costal and outer 

 margin brown, a round black caudal spot, another at anal angle; 

 tail black, tipped with white. Cilia w^hite. 



Underside. — Forewiny light brown, crossed by linear 

 brown fasciae margined with white; a straight .submarginal white 

 fascia from near apex to submedian. Cilia whitish, lliiidioing 

 light brown, basal § crossed b}' narrow^ irregular white lines, a 

 broad white straight discal band, caudal and anal spots jet black, 

 sprinkled with metallic green scales, and crowned with orange. 

 Cilia whitish. 



9. 12-17 mm. (15). Up per side light brown with centro- 

 basal areas bluish, of very variable extent, hindwing often with 



