56 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



"reddish-grey," I conclude it to be the form extending from 

 Twofold Bay, N.S.W., to somewhat north of Brisbane, with a 

 sHght variation as we get farther north to Cairns, where a whitish 

 suffusion extends over the under side in the male — the only sex 

 of the Cairns variation I have yet seen, 



I consider the following forms worthy of separate varietal 

 names : — 



Trapezites maheta, var. phigalioides, var. nov. 



Male, 15 to 16 mm. Shape much as in typical T. maheta, but 

 with outer margin distinctly more convex. 



Upper side with the spots arranged as in maheta, except that 

 the lowest sub-apical spot is only half the size of the other two, 

 and is placed beyond them towards the apex ; the colour is less 

 shining, and the cilia of hind-wing are grey, spotted with brown 

 at termination of veins. 



Under side with apical area of fore-wing and hind-wing greyish, 

 sometimes faintly tinged with brown, the spots of fore-wing as on 

 upper side, but larger, the spots of hind-wing as small brown 

 rings, never centred with silver. Cilia grey, spotted with brown. 



Female, 16 mm. Shape as in typical female, T. maheta. 



Upper side as in T. maheta, except that the lowest sub-apical 

 spot is nearest apex and the orange band of hind-wing is 

 broader. 



Under side as in T. maheta, except that tlie apex of fore-wing 

 and whole of hind-wing are greyish. Cilia grey, freely spotted 

 with brown. 



Locality. — Gisborne, Toora, and Wandin South, Victoria. 



This variety is described from types (male and female) in the 

 collection of Mr. G. Lyell, from whom I have received duplicates. 

 It is superficially very like the allied species T. phiyalia, which, 

 however, is of different shape, and always has the cell of fore- 

 wing on under side orange. It can be easily recognized by the 

 peculiar position of lowest sub- apical spot in fore-wing, and the 

 absence of silver spots on the under side of hind-wing. Had 

 Plotz mentioned in his description of j)hlcea the misplacement of 

 the lowest sub-apical spot in fore-wing, and had he not described 

 the colour as " reddish-grey," phlma might have been considered 

 as indicating this variety, which is figured in Anderson and Spry's 

 "Victorian Butterflies," p. 119, under the name of T. phig/dia, 

 but that name rightly belongs to the species figured there as 

 T. 2->hilli/ra. 



Trapezites maheta, var. iacchoides, var. nov. 



Male, 17 mm. Shape ?s in male T. maheta, but apex of fore- 

 wing very acute, and outer margin quite straight. 



Upper side as in typical male T. maheta, with the band of hind- 

 wing broader and deeper orange. Cilia greyish. 



