232 AUSTRALIAN JIHOPALOCERA : LVC.ENJD.E, III., 



nervule are two dark spots sometimes surrounded with pale 

 orange, rarely are the spots absent. Cilia brown. 



Underside. — Forewing pade orange-brown, with greyish- 

 brown base and outer margin widest at apex; no spot in middle 

 of cell, otherwise as in general description; outer margin 

 marked with dark Ijrown. Cilia pale brown. Hindwiny 

 greyish-brown in some specimens, pale yellowish-brown in others, 

 base greyish sprinkled with shining yellowish scales; bands as 

 in general description; a double lunular submarginal band; on 

 either side of 1st median nervule a jefc black large oval marginal 

 spot sprinkled with metallic yellow and crowned with orange; 

 a marginal line of dark grey. Cilia pale brown. 



9. 9-11 mm. (10). Upper side light brown, a darker 

 outer marginal line and white cilia, two marginal jet black 

 oval spots, one on either side of 1st median nervule of hind- 

 wing (January form). Forewing light brown, with a pale purple 

 area extending from base | across wing, occup3'ing lower half 

 of cell to inner margin, base navy blue. Cilia whitish. Hiiid- 

 winy brown, base and most of inner marginal area navj- blue, 

 beyond which is a more or less extended purplish suffusion. 

 Anal spots smaller than in Januaiy^ form, and crowned with 

 orange. Cilia whitish (October form). Intermediate forms 

 between these two are numerous. 



Underside pale yellowish-brown, with markings as in ^ 

 but more distinct, especially the submarginal lunular bands. 

 Greyish bases occur only in those specimens which are markedly 

 navy blue on upperside. 



I think I have fully indicated the direction of variation in 

 the descriptions; the male appears to be fairly constant over 

 its extended range, while the female is most variable on the 

 upperside. I have described the two extreme forms for Jan- 

 uary and October in Sydney. This pretty little species may 

 be known by the absence of any mark in the cell of the 

 forewing below, and also the absence of a tail. Cnpido ada- 

 mapuncta is a female. The costal nervure and first subcostal 

 nervule are anastomosed for a considerable distance, and the 



