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for Rosenstock must have been acquainted with the figure of L. 

 aurifer if not with specimens; he notes his species (which I should 

 say was a male as he gives the name as an MS. name of Newman's 

 in British Museum with the male sign) as deep firy golden 

 metallic, but neither mentions the bluish outer marginal marks 

 on the upperside nor the distinct discal band of the underside of 

 hind wing which are characteristics of L. aurifer, The clubs of 

 antennae are given as black, brownish-red at tips and underneath, 

 which is a character of C. cemea but not of L. aurifef. 



Loc. — -Victoria, New South Wales, Brisbane to Bowen (^J 14, 



9 !*)• 



Tarucus, Moore. 



Lep. Cey. i. p. 81, 1881 ; de Nicev., Butt. Ind. iii. p. 186, 1890. 



Costal nervure short, taking a sudden bend downwards towards 

 1st subcostal nervule which, however, in the single Australian 

 species, it does not touch; subcostal nervure 3-branched. Eyes 

 smooth in the type, T. theophrastus, Fabr. ; hairy in 2\ felicanus. 



The species of this genus are easily recognised by the mark- 

 ings of the underside, w^hich in the Australian species are 

 arranged in alternate broad and narrow bands at right angles 

 to the costa. In Australia, in my opinion, there is only a 

 single variable species, which has passed under many names, 

 causing some confusion, so I have tried to give as full and 

 detailed a description as possible. 



Tarucus telicanus, Lang. 



Pap. telicanus, Lang, Verz. sein. Schmett. ii. p. 47, 387-389, 

 1789 : Lye. tdicanus, Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. ii. p. 69, 1887 [where 

 many references may be found] : Hesj)eria plinius, Fabr., Ent. 

 Syst. iii. pt. 1, p. 284, 1793 : Tarucus plinius, de Nicev., Butt. 

 Ind. iii. p. 194, 1890 [where many references may be found] : 

 Li/c. pseudocassius, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. x. p. 108, 126, 1873: 

 Lye. pulchra. Murray, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 524, pi. x. 

 f. 7, 8 : Lampides hyrcanus, Semp. (nee Feld.), Mus. Godf. Lep. 

 xiv. p. 157, 1878. 



