82 [September, 



and it may therefore be inferred with probability that Australia has 

 had no connection with the Alpine fauna characteristic of other main 

 mountain ranges. 



Subjoined are descriptions of the two new species of butterflies 

 referred to above : 



Xexica oeiciioea, n. sp. 



(? • 30 — 33 mm. Form of X. hohartia. Wings above orange-fulvous, veith 

 dark fuscous markings, much as in X. hohartia, but more extended along veins ; 

 fore-wings with an entire* from middle of lower median vein to inner margin, only 

 interrupted sometimes between veins 2 and 3, and with bar in middle of cell not 

 oblique. Fore-wings, beneath, marked as above, but markings much lighter and 

 becoming obsolete towards disc. Hind-wings, beneath, fuscous, with a black white- 

 centred ocellus, surrounded by an ochreous ring, beneath costa beyond middle, and 

 a similar one near hind-margin above anal angle ; veins towards base of wing marked 

 by ochreous-whitish streaks ; inner margin narrowly ochreons-whitish ; four 

 ante-median ochreous-whitish spots, first sub-quadrate, on costa at i, second 

 smaller, triangular, beneath first, third larger, trapezoidal, beyond second, fourth 

 sub-quadrate, below third ; a curved ochreous-whitish bar from middle of costa to 

 base of vein 5 ; a somewhat inwards-curved row of five ochreous-whitish silvery- 

 tinged sub-triangular spots from beneath upper ocellus to above anal angle; three 

 small indistinct pale ochreous spots in a curved row between ocelli ; a sub-marginal 

 series of six semi-oval silvery- white spots, beyond which the dark hind-margin is 

 divided by a pale ochreous line. 



Allied to X. liohartia and X. Kersliaivi, but the markings on the 

 under-side of the hind -wings are very different from either. 



Mount Kosciusko, about 6000 feet, in January ; common in 

 flowery valleys. 



"-' Telesto deachmophoea, n. sp. 



S • 30 mm. Form of T. Ismene, Xewm. Wings, above, quite as in T. Ismene, 

 but hairs towards base more fulvous-tinged. Fore-wings, beneath, dark fuscous, 

 towards costa suffusedly fulvous ; an ochreous-white dot in disc beyond middle, and 

 short transverse bar from costa at f . Hind-wings, beneath, ochreous-brown, hairs 

 more ochreous ; six moderate, tolerably equal, sub-oval, silvery-white spots ; first in 

 disc at -|, second near inner margin above middle, the other four connected and 

 forming a transverse irregular series beyond middle, terminating at each extremity 

 in a larger suffused, irregular, whitish-ochreous spot ; a cloudy whitish-ochreous 

 spot near hind-margin above middle, and two small, indistinct marks beneath it ; 

 cilia obscurely spotted with grey and whitish-ochreous. 



The under-surface of the hind-wings is quite different from any other species 

 known to me. 



Mount Kosciusko, at 3000 feet, in January ; one specimen. 



Parramatta, N. S. Wales : 



June 24th, 1885. 



* Band ? [omitted in the M.S. Eds.] 



