BY G. A. WATERHOUSE. 209 



Iliudwing blackish-brown, with blue basal area extending more 

 or less across wing, a discal series of five (or six) small white 

 spots; a marginal series of interneural dark spots faintly sur- 

 rounded with white, those near anal angle being the largest; tail 

 short, black, tipped with white. Cilia whitish. 



Underside as in (J. 



T have before me a large series of specimens from Southern 

 Queensland, which I find to be variable, especially on the under- 

 side. I have also specimens from South Africa and Ceylon {T. 

 plinius), which are identical with some of the Australian speci- 

 mens. The late Mr. de Niceville was of opinion that all these 

 belonged to one species. Druce remarks (P.Z.S 1892, p. 445) 

 " Mr. Miskin considers the Australian insect should stand under 

 the name pseudocassiics, Murray; such being the case, he must 

 admit that 1\ pU}iius and T. pseitdocassius occur together, as we 

 possess specimens from India and Africa agreeing exactly with 

 others from Australia." There is no doubt to my mind that there 

 is only a single Australian species, which ranges from Sydney to 

 Bowen {$ 17, $12). 



Chilades, Moore. 



Lep. Cey. i. p. 76, 1881; de Nicev., Butt. Ind. iii. p. 88, 1890. 



" Fore wing, costal nervure terminating just before apex of 

 discoidal cell, slightly bent downwards or bowed just before its 

 termination; first subcostal nervule bent upwards to meet that 

 portion of costal nervure which is bent downwards. . . . Type 

 C. laiuSj Cram. 



" The genus is a very poor one, and can only be maintained for 

 convenience, as, as far as I can discover, it does not differ struc- 

 turally in the slightest degree from Lyccena, Fabr." (de Niceville). 



The genus Lyccena as restricted by de Niceville has so far not 

 been found in Australia. 



Chilades trochilus, Freyer. 



Lye. trochilus, Frey., Neu. Beit. Schmett. v. p. 98, pi. ccccxl. 

 f. 1, 1844; Herr.-Schft-., Schmett. Eur. i. p. 128, pi. xlviii. f. 224, 

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