BY G. A. WATBRHOUSE. 259 



Upper side yellowish-brown, with metallic areas bluish, 

 larger than in g; caudal spot larger, orange area on hind wing 

 more extensive. Cilia white. 



Underside as in g, with spots larger, inner white sub- 

 marginal band well developed. 



Loc. — Parkside, South Australia ((J 8, Q 4). 



This species ma}^ be distinguished from all allied forms b}' the 

 very pronounced white borders to the spots on underside, the 

 inner white submarginal band, and the tail which is intermediate 

 between that , of /. inous and /. ictlnus. In shape it is more 

 nearly allied to the much smaller /. inous, but the male has an 

 extra branch to subcostal. It is important to note that in the 

 very closel}^ related forms placed in this genus, we have two 

 types of neuration in the males, but only one in the females. 



I am indebted to Mr. O. B. Lower for this species, which 

 .appears under his MS. name of lithochroa in several collections. 



Ialmenus inous, Hewitson (Plate ii., tig. 30). 



111. Diurn. Lep. p. 54, t. 24, f. 1, 2, 1865; And. & Spry, Vict. 

 Butt. ii. p. 99, 1894 : /. icilius, Hew., I.e. t.24, f. 3, 1865: Cujndo 

 ceneus, Tepp., Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. iv. p. 29, t. 2, f. 9, 1882. 



^. 10-16 mm. (14). Upperside brown, with greenish 

 metallic areas; anal lobe yellow; caudal spot black crowned with 

 yellow; very short tail-like projection to 1st median. Cilia 

 brown. 



Underside brown, bands and spot brown, sometimes yellow; 

 marginal bands faint, brown or yellow; submarginal bands 

 absent; anal and caudal spots black crowned with yellow. Cilia 

 pale brown. 



9. 14-17 mm. (15 \ Upp e r s i d e as in ^J, with metallic areas 

 blue. 



Underside as in (J, with distinction between groundcolour 

 and spots better defined. 



Loc. — Victoria, South Australia, Swan River (Hew.). 



