30 STRAY NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA. 



HESPERIID^E. 

 Euschemon RafflesijE, Macleay. 



E. albo-omatuS) var.nov. 



A striking modification of this remarkable Hesperid was obtained 

 at Dunoon, Richmond River, during the month of April by Mr. 

 R. Helms, in which the fore and hindwings are intense blue-black 

 in colour, and the markings silvery-white instead of bright yellow 

 as in the typical form. Except for the presence of a larger number 

 of blue scales near the hind margin of the forewing (in the shape 

 of a gradually narrowing band) and on the underside, the type and 

 the modification here recorded agree marking for marking. An 

 examination of some thirty specimens of Euschemon Rafflesice, 

 from various localities, has revealed little or no tendency to vary 

 in colour or marking, a fact which increases the interest attaching 

 to the Dunoon specimen. 



