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Female. — Fore-wing; length of costa 21 mm.; costa more 

 arched and apex less acute than in male ; termen convex. 

 Hind-wing : produced to very blunt teeth at veins i, 2, and 3. 



Above. — Fore-wing : reddish-orange (several shades lighter 

 than the male) ; apical area broader than in male, extending 

 further along costa, right to tornus, and one-fourth along dorsum, 

 black. Hind-wing : reddish-orange ; a sub-apical area from just 

 below vein 6 to above vein 7 black; an irregular, obscure, inter- 

 rupted sub-terminal band between veins i and 4 black ; cilia 

 reddish-orange, at veins i, 2, and 3 black. 



Beneath. — As in male, but slightly paler ; cream areas a little 

 broader ; scarlet bands and metallic scalings a little narrower. 



Four males and four females. Type male in collection Miskin, 

 Queensland Museum ; type female in collection VVaterhouse. 



Localities. — Cape York, Jan., Mar., May, June, Sept., Oct., 

 Dec. Prince of Wales Is., June. 



Miskin describes the colour as " wholly bright ferruginous." 

 The male in some lights is almost vermilion ; we consider orange- 

 red, or orange-heavily-dusted-with-red, describes it accurately ; 

 abdomen, thorax, and head, as well as the clubs of the antennae, 

 are all this colour ; the antennse are brown, and more than half 

 the length of the costa. 



The male of M. apollo is of similar shape to the figure of 

 M. chrysargyra of Grose Smith, but the colour and markings of 

 that figure above are more like the female than the male of 

 M. apollo ; beneath, the two species are widely different. 



Miletus PANiEXHA, n. sp. 



Male. — Fore-wing : narrow ; length of costa, 16 to 19 mm. 



Above. — Fore-wing : brilliant blue ; costa and termen 

 narrowly and apex broadly rich black ; a central streak from near 

 base along lower third of cell and beyond, but not reaching black 

 termen, obscurely white. Hind-wing : brilliant blue ; costa 

 obscurely white, at base dull black ; termen narrowly rich black ; 

 apical area between veins 6 and 7 rich black ; abdominal fold 

 obscurely white ; cilia white, at veins black. Abdomen dull 

 black, ringed white. 



Beneath. — Fore-wing : creamy-white ; sub-costal band and 

 sub-apical broad band rich black narrowly edged metallic-green ; 

 costa, apex, and termen narrowly dull black ; sub-terminal inter- 

 rupted line metallic-green. Hind-wing : rich metallic-green, 

 crossed by three oblique bands of rich black ; first from base to 

 vein 8 at half; second from dorsum at third to vein 6, thence to 

 apex dull black; third from vein la at two-thirds to vein 4; a 

 broad terminal band rich black, with a central broad line brilliant 

 metallic-green ; costa narrowly white ; between first and second 

 black bands a broader band from middle of cell to costa near 

 apex white ; cilia white, at veins black. Abdomen white. 



