LJV (i. A. WATERIIOUSE. 20.") 



Thecla limharla, Blanch., (nee Swainson), A^oy. Pole 8u(l, p. 400, 

 1853. 



(J. 10-13 mm. (12). Foreivluf/ with apex pointed, outer mari^nn 

 straight. Hiiidwimj witli anal angle prolonged into a ])lunt 

 tooth. Antennae more than h length of costa. 



Up per side. — Foreiving black; with a central triangular 

 copper patch wholly below cell, extending to inner margin, base 

 black. Cilia whitish, faintly chequered, Hindvnny black, with 

 a discal triangular coppery patch rarely entering cell, an almost 

 marginal interneural series of metallic Ijlue lines, sometimes 

 wanting. Cilia brown. 



Underside. — Forewing pale brown, with darker brown 

 spots arranged as in L. lucanus with the addition of a subbasal 

 spot below cell, not mottled with white. Cilia brown. Hindwing 

 pale brown, with a complicated system of purplish-brown spots of 

 which the curved discal series is very broad and purple; tooth- 

 like tail often showing a ferruginous tint. Cilia brown. 



9. 10-16 mm. (13V Forewing with outer margin convex, apex 

 blunt. Hindwing without projecting tooth, outer margin rounded 

 and slightly waved. 



Upper sid e. — Foreiving dark brown, with a ver}' variable 

 coppery patch rarely entering cell, sometimes reaching inner 

 margin. Cilia brown. Hindvnng dark brown, with a verv 

 variable coppery patch never reaching cell or outer margin, a 

 marginal interneural series of l)luish- white spots. Cilia brown. 



Underside yellowish-brown, with dark faintl}' purpli.'-h- 

 brown spots as in (J, but with discal band of hindwing not so 

 prominent. Cilia brown. 



This species is distinguished from L. pi/rodiscus hy its smaller 

 size, and better defined and more restricted darker copper}' areas 

 which rarely reach either into cell or to outer margin, and by the 

 outer marginal bluish-white series of lines. 



Log. — South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South AVales 

 to Newcastle ((J 16, 9 11). 



