228 Al'STRAIJAN lUIDIWI.OCF.UA -.lACKS I D.K, II[., 



ir 11 (J (M- s i (1 (' hruwii, witli iiicirkings as in (J, l)ut wliite l)or(lers 

 morecoiispicuous, white spot on forewin*^ sliowint? througli tlH)Ui,'li 

 soiiiewliat restricted, especially towards costa; otherwise as in ^. 



This species is allied to N. palmyra, and N. rincu/a, Druce. The 

 female is much more plentiful than the male; I have seen females 

 by tlie hundred on the Richmond Uiver in May. 



/.or.— Sydney to Cape York (g 14, 9 25). 



Nacaduba palmyra, Ft'lder. 



Sit/b. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Math. Nat. CI. xl. p. 4r).s, 18G0 ; Reise 

 Nov. Lep. ii. p. 276, t. 34, f. 2S, 29, 1805; Herr.-Schff., Stett. Ent. 

 Zeit. XXV. p. 73, ISGO; Semp., Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 159, 1S78: 

 Li/('ce)iesthes tasimmvuis, Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 lcS90, p. 40: Lycaena elahorata^ Lucas, Proc. R. Soc. Qsld. 1899, 

 p. 137. 



(J. 12 mm. Shape as in N. Jinoata ^. 



U p i)(^ r s id (' uniform lilac-blue, ai)ex of forewiiio- margined 

 with black, hindwing with two small l)lack spots near anal angle. 

 Cilia white, markedly spotted with brown. 



Underside light sienna-brown, with reddish-brown bands 

 edged with white as in general description, base of wings dark 

 brown; two })lack spots sprinkled with metallic-green near anal 

 angle. Tail ])lack, tipped with white. Cilia as above. 



9. 1") mm. Shape as in X. lineafa 9. 



U p p e r s i d e. — Forewimj with basal third pale silvery blue, a 

 broad white bar as in N. lineata 9 from near costa to inner 

 margin, rest of wing black. Cilia white, at termination of 

 nervules brown, llindwimi black, suffused with pale sihery blue 

 except towards outer margin which is marked by an interneural 

 series of white circles, those near anal angle enclosing dark spots. 

 Tail l)lack, tipped with white. Cilia as in forewing. 



Underside reddish-brown, with darker spots as in general 

 description, the white patch of forewing blotting out discal and 

 discocellular band, outer margins of both wings blotched with 

 white, with a waved brown and white line. Caudal and anal 



