242 AUSTRALIAN IIUOPALQCKRA : LVC.I-LMD.E, III., 



Upper side lilac-blue, mucli dai-ker basally, with linear 

 brown outer margins; costal margin of hindw-ing brown; a trace 

 of caudal spot to hindwing; tail black, tipped with white. Cilia 

 white, at terminations of nervules well marked with brown. 



Underside. — Foreiving brown, with markings as in U. 

 oui/chahut darker; apical area whitish-grey^ which extends some- 

 what along outer margin. Outer marginal line black. Cilia 

 white. Hindivinq with basal half dark brown, outer lialf whitish- 

 grey, obscuring any markings that may be present; a black outer 

 marginal line, in two specimens no anal or caudal spots, in another 

 slight traces of these spots. Cilia white. 



The first specimen of this variety was caught in Sept., 1900, 

 and I at once saw that it was either a marked variety of U. 

 oni/cha or else a new species; but the want of further material 

 deterred me from describing it; since then, however, two other 

 specimens have been caught, tending to show that my original 

 specimen was not an accidental variation. This variety may be 

 distinguished from U. oiDjchi by its much smaller size, the deeper 

 shade of blue on upperside, the white outer marginal suffusions, 

 and the very dark basal half of hindwing on underside. Type in 

 the author's collection. 



Xoc. — Como near Sydney (L. V. Waterhouse and F. Brown). 



Utica onycha var. albocincta, var.nov. 



This form differs from U. onycha in having the upperside 

 suffused wuth bluish, and the outer margins of both wings marked 

 with whitish bands, which are better defined on hindwing. Two 

 males received from Dr. A. J. Turner, caught at Peak Downs, Q., 

 in July. Though not in the best of preservation, these two 

 specimens show that a most marked variety, if not a distinct 

 species, has hitherto been overlooked. 



Utica scintillata, Lucas (Plate iii., figs. 15, 36). 

 Lye. scintillata, Lucas, Proc. R. Soc. Qsld. 1889, p. 157, f. 8-10. 

 $. 12mm. Upperside bronze-brown, with a shining 

 purplish reflection, outer margins narrowly brown, costal margin 



