25 2 AUSTRALIAN JUIOPA LOCEllA -. L YC. KMD.E, III. , 



U 11 d e i- s i (1 e dark brown, with a purplish suffusion, spots and 

 bands darker brown, those in cell of forewing often bordered with 

 metallic blue. Anal angle marked with green scales. 



9. 21-26 mm. (24). U p p e r s i d e. — Both wings purple inclin- 

 ing to blue basally; costal margin black, narrower towards base 

 than at apex where it is widest; outer margin l)roadly black. 

 Tail black, tipped with white. Cilia white. The black outer 

 margin of hindwing much narrower than that of forewing. 



Underside as in ^ but usually much paler brown, spots in 

 cell of forewing rarely bordered with greenish. 



In this species the colour of the sexes on the upperside is more 

 nearly alike than in the other two species; the margins are 

 narrower than in A. meander; on the underside it occupies a 

 position intermediate between yl. meander and A. eupolis. With 

 regard to ^4. cyrouthe, described by Miskin from two males, which 

 I have seen in the Queensland Museum, I do not think it suffi- 

 ciently distinct to rank as a separate species. 



loQ^ — Mackay to Cape York, Port Darwin (^J 5, 9 3). 



Arhopala eupolis, Miskin (Plate ii., fig. 32). 



Amblypodia eupolis, Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1890, 

 p. 42. 



(J. 20-26 mm. (22). Upperside dull purple, with narrow 

 brown costal and outer margins, base of wings with metallic blue 

 scales. Tail brown, tipped with white. Cilia brown. 



Under sid e. — Forewing pale brown, with dark brown mark- 

 ings usually distinctly bordered with white. From apex ^ along 

 costa usually a large whitish suffusion. Cilia brown. Ilindujing 

 pale brown, basal \ with purplish suffusion, l)ands and spots 

 dark brown bordered with white; often a large whitish suffusion 

 on either side of discal band. Anal metallic scales blue. 



g. 18-26 mm. (23). Upperside purple inclining to blue 

 towards base, with broad dark brown costal and outer margins. 

 Tail dark brown, tipped with white. Cilia brown. 



Underside light Ijrown, with darker spots and bands with- 

 out any patches of whitish as in (J. Anal metallic scales blue. 



