114 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXVI. 



Miletus elgneri, n. sp. 



Male. — Fore-wing : length of costa 17 to 19 mm. ; same shape 

 as M. ignita, larger ; veins i and 2 of hind-wing slightly more 

 produced. 



Above. — Fore-wing : dull purple (shining purple in some 

 lights) ; costa narrowly, apex broadly, and termen narrowly and 

 evenly brown-black ; cilia brown, towards tornus narrowly 

 whitish. Hind-wing : dull purple ; costa and termen dark 

 brown ; dorsum brown ; cilia narrowly whitish, at veins brown. 



Beneath. — Fore-wing : ashy-brown, dorsal and tornal areas 

 sometimes darker ; upper half of cell and short bars from centre 

 and at end of cell orange-brown ; discal band from costa at 

 three-fourths towards termen at two-thirds red-brown ; discal band 

 and cell area and bars narrowly edged brown-black, and some- 

 times faintly edged metallic-blue; a narrow sub-terminal line 

 metallic-blue, inwardly edged near apex with three black dots. 

 Hind-wing : ashy brown, with a series of red-brown spots as 

 follows — 2 on dorsum, 2 in interspace la (lower one concave out- 

 wardly), 3 in interspace i (lowest one concave inwardly and 

 middle one elongate), 2 in interspace 2, i in interspace 3, an 

 elongate spot across interspaces 4 and 5, i in interspace 6, 3 in 

 interspace 7, a costal streak near base, 2 irregular elongate spots 

 crossing cell and a third marking end of cell ; these red-brown 

 markings all narrowly margined brown-black, and sometimes 

 faintly outwardly edged metallic-blue; inner sub-terminal line 

 dark brown dusted metallic-blue ; outer sub-terminal line 

 metallic-blue ; terminal line orange, with dark dots at veins,, 

 largest at vein 2. 



Female. — Fore-wing: length of costa 17 to 20 mm.; termen 

 more rounded than in male. 



Above. — Fore-wing : brown-black ; central area orange, 

 shading at base and along basal half of dorsum to golden-brown. 

 Hind-wing : golden-brown, towards costa brown ; cilia narrowly 

 whitish, at veins brown. 



Beneath. — Fore-wing : central area orange ; base and tornus 

 brown ; rest of wing grey ; markings as in male. Hind-wing ; 

 grey ; spots and markings as in male, but light purple-brown 

 instead of red-brown ; tornal area with heavier metallic-blue 

 scalings. 



23 males, 13 females. Types in collection Waterhouse ; 

 co-types in collection Lyell. We have presented a male and a 

 female to the British Museum. 



Localities. — Prince of Wales Is., May, June, July. 



We have pleasure in naming this species after Mr. H. Elgner,^ 

 whose efforts have resulted in the addition of several new 

 Lycasnids to the Australian list. 



The male of this very distinct species is dull-coloured for a 



