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I have Sydney specimens showing only a trace of bkie; another 

 with the submarginal band of hind wing consisting of three blue 

 spots. There can be no doubt whatever that Herrich-Schiiffer's 

 description of L. alsuhis cannot apply to this species. L. lohwhe^ 

 L. delicata and L. pe)-inilgatus are certainly synonyms ; and 

 Druce adds L. communis, L. caduca, Butl., L, mangoensis, Butl. 



Zoc— Throughout Australia ((J 32, 9 25). 



ZiZERA GAIKA, Trimen. 



Lye. fjaika, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1862,jp.403: Z.gaika, 

 de Nicev., Butt. Ind. iii. p. 118, pi. xxvi. fig. 174, 1890: Lye. 

 'pygmcp.a, Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. xix. p. 1G3, pi. vii. tig. 3, 187G: L. 

 conformis, Butl., P.Z.S.-1877, p. 467 : X. attenuata, Lucas, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1889, p. 1066. 



Q . 7-9 mm. (8). jSTeuration and shape much as in Z. labradus, 

 much smaller, with very blunt apices. 



Upper side. — Both rvings pale blue, with brownish-grey 

 outer margins, broadest at apex of forewing, brownish costal 

 maro-in on hindwinfj. Cilia whitish. 



Underside whitish-grey, markings blackish surrounded 

 with white, situated as indicated in general description; no spot 

 in cell, two spots on costa of forewing, one on either side of dis- 

 cocellular sj^ot. Cilia whitish. 



O. 7-10 mm. (8). Shape as in ^. 



Upper side smok}^ black, with a slight gloss, never any blue 

 colouration towards base. Cilia whitish. 



U n d e r s i d e as in ^. 



This is the smallest Australian butterfly, and is allied to Z. 

 lysimon, especially on the underside; but it differs from that 

 species in size, and the absence of the spot in cell of forewing. 

 With reference to L. con/ormis from Cape York, I cannot see 

 any difference from Brisbane species of Z. gaika. 



Log. — Brisbane to Cape York ((J 11, 9 4). 



