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NaCADUBA FELDEIil, Muiiciy. 



Lyc.feJderi, Murray, Trcans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 527, 1. 10, 

 f.4, 6: N. /elder i, Druce, P.Z.S. 1891, p. 359 : Lam. nova (nee 

 Feld.), HeiT.-Schff., Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxv. p 72, 1869; Misk., Syn. 

 Cat. Khop. Aust. p. 53, 1891. 



(J. 9-13 mm. (11). Upperside uniform purplish-brown, 

 slightly darker at base. Tail to hindwing short, brown, some- 

 times a dark caudal spot. Cilia brownish. 



Underside chocolate-brown, with dark bands as in general 

 description ; caudal spot l)lack, crowned with orange. Cilia 

 brown. 



9. 9-13 mm. (11). Upperside with broad rich brown costal 

 and outer margins, remainder of wing suffused with shining 

 blue, often, however, on hindwing only base of wing blue, a more 

 or less distinct marginal series of dark spots crowned with white; 

 outer margin marked with black. Cilia brown, darker at termi- 

 nations of nervules. 



Underside light brown, otherwise as in $. Druce states 

 that in N. felderi the subcostal is anastomosed with the costal for 

 four times the length it is in N. nora (from 8ikhim), under which 

 name our insect has usually been known. 



Zoc— Sydney to Cape York {$ 20, 9 18). 



Nacaduba ancyra, Felder (Plate iii., fig. 16). 



Lye. ancyra, Feld., Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Math. Nat. CI. xl. 

 p. 457, 1860; Reise Nov. Lep. ii. p. 276, t. 34, f. 5, 1865: A\ 

 ancyra, Druce, P.Z.8. 1895, p. 579: I^am. jiorinda, Butl., Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xx. p. 354, 1877 : N. florinda, Druce, P.Z.S. 

 1892, p. 438, pi. xxvii. fig. 12. 



(J. 12-14 mm. (13). Upperside. — Forewimj violet-purple, 

 with narrow uniform brown outer margin and navy blue base; basal 

 portion of costa suffused with whitish scales. Cilia brownish. 

 Hindwing violet-purple, with a narrow uniform outer margin, a 

 wide brown costal margin, a navy blue basal suffusion. 



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