108 [October, 



brown, stot with blue at the base and on the disc ; hind margin with 

 a series o£ indistinct brown dots, surmounted by crescents of the same 

 colour. Under-side pale brown ; fore- wing with a discoidal streak 

 closing the cell, slightly edged with whitish ; towards the hind margin 

 a transverse row of rather elongated brown spots edged with whitish ; 

 beyond this is a row of brown crescents surmounted by whitish, and 

 along the hind margin are small brown dots faintly surrounded by 

 whitish. These markings are generally very indistinct. Hind-wing : 

 a basal row of spots, a discoidal streak closing the cell, a curved and 

 angulated row of spots, and some indistinct ' marginal markings. All 

 the spots are surrounded with whitish, and very indistinct crescents 

 of the same colour surmount the marginal markings, and give the ap- 

 pearance in many cases of a whitish band. Fringe dirty white, un- 

 spotted. 



Expanse, 8 — 10 lines. 



This species has long stood under this name in the collection of 

 the British Museum, but does not appear to have been described. 

 I have received it from South Australia and Brisbane through the 

 kindness of Mr. H. Eamsay Cox and Mr. Miskin. 



Lampides cassioides, sp. n. 



Size and general appearance of L. Cc/ssius, Cram., to which this 

 species is closely allied. It differs in the much more blotched ap- 

 pearance of the under surface of the wings, arising from the larger 

 size of the brown markings ; there is a third very small metallic eye 

 at the anal angle of hind- wing, in addition to the two found in Zi. 

 Cassius, and the blue in these eyes is much darker and less vivid than 

 in that species. There is a small filiform tail at the extremity of the 

 first median nervule of the hind-wing. I have received it from 

 Brisbane. 



Mount Mvirray, Isle of Man : 

 Auffust 28th, 1873. 



ONISCIGASTER WAKEFIELDI, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF 

 JEFSEMERID^ EEOM NEW ZEALAND. 



BY R. M'LACHLAIf, F.L.S. 



If, as appears possible, the endemic fauna of New Zealand is not rich 

 in species, and has a natural tendency to become extinct, and be replaced 



