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In Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1860, vol. i, p. Gl, Sir William 

 Macleaj, referritiif to an exhibit of Lcpidoptera from Cape York, drew 

 attention to a specimen of Lihytlica as Z. myrrha. 



In a Catalogue of the described diurnal Lepidoptern of Australia, 

 1S73, p. 18, Mr. Masters rect)rds i. mi/rrhn from Ca|)e York. 



In "Australian Butterflies," 1889, the late Mr. Oliiff gave a 

 woodcut of a female under the name of L. myrrha. 



In a 8ynonymical Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia, 

 1891, p. 47, Mr. Miskin records L. myrrha from Ca|)e York, Malayana, 

 Burmah, India, and Ceylon. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1891 p. 28, the late Mr. Oliiff 

 described our species as h. nicevillei^ from Cape York and Port 

 Moresby, New Guinea. The late Mr. de Niceville had pointed out in 

 a letter to Mr. Oliiff that the figure given by him in " Australian 

 Butterflies " was quite distinct from L. myrrha from India. 



Fruhstorfor, Berlin Ent. Zeit., 1898, p. 170, in a list gives our 

 species as L. yeoffroi/i (?) niceviUei. 



In Vict. Nat., 1899, xvi, pp. 72-1, Mr. J. A. Kershaw considers 

 our species synonymous with L. geoffroyi, recording it under that 

 name from Herberton and New Guinea. He gives a 'description of a 

 male from Australia. 



In " Das Tierreich " and tiie " Genera Inseetorum " {Lihytheidos) 

 Dr. Pagenstecher records our species as L myrrlia nicevillei. 



In my "Catalogue of the Bhopalocera of Australia," 1903, p. 18, 

 I record the species as L. nicevillei, Oil. 



Having lately examined the type (?) in the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, and compared it with Semper's figure (?) of L. antipoda 

 {= L. gpoffroyi philippina), I have no doubt that it belongs to the L. 

 (jeoffroyi group, especially as I have seen a male, which is violet-blue 

 above, as is usual with the males of L. qeoffroyi. 



Our species will therefore be known as Lihythea qeofroiji nice- 

 villei, Oliiff, and its range will be Cape York (in Aust, Museum), 

 Herberton (Kershaw), and it is also taken at Cooktown. 



Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. : 



October 18th, 1904. 



[I have taken this Lihythea on Condillac and Cassini Islands, North- 

 West Australia, in May, 1891.— J. J, W.]. 



