452 Mr. W. II. ]\Iit;1ffn's descriptiuns of new species 



several stripes of Ijlack, the rest of •\ving clouded wlutc. 

 Secondaries : Ijlaek, with central S|)ot of white nearly 

 touchino^ abdominal margin, digitate on outer side ; a 

 marginal row of red lunules, with a very large one above 

 anal angle. 



Underside: exactly as on upper, primaries rather 

 whiter. Head, thorax, &c., as in male. 



Expanse, $, 3' 7"— 3" 9"; $,3" 4". 



Hnb. — Ivockingham Bay, Queensland (Kuntsler). 



Coll. $ and 2 , Queensland ]Museuni ; S , AV. H. Miskin. 



This is a very distinct and well-defined species, which 

 has never before, I believe, been met Avith. It belongs to 

 the Ercctheus group, from the typical species of Avhich it 

 is at once distinguishable by its much smaller size, and 

 particularly by the absence in the male of the subapical 

 band in primaries, and of the blue markings and most of 

 the red markings on underside of secondaries; and in the 

 female by the much blacker appearance, the absence of 

 the broad disco-cellular band, by the black bands between 

 the nervures in primaries, the absence of the blue mark- 

 ings, and by the limited area of white in the secondaries. 



The specimens from which my descriptions are taken 

 were contained in a collection of insects made by Mr. H. 

 Kuntsler at llockingham Bay (Northern Queensland), 

 during the past season, and was the only new species 

 amongst the Rkopalocera therein, although many others 

 of much interest Avcre included. A representative of each 

 sex has gone into our JMuseum collection ; the other two 

 specimens, both males, passed to my own. 



Family NYMPHALID^E, Swainson. 



Sub-family Satykin.e, Bates. 



Genus Xenica, "Westwood. 



Xenica Kershnwi^ n. sp. 



UrrERSiDE : deep brown, with markings all of rufous. 



Primaries : with two short, transverse bands within the 



cell, one about the middle, the other and larger one at 



extremity, another towards the apex, touching the costa ; 



an ocellus near apex ringed with rufous, with small white 



centre ; above the ocellus three small spots, reaching the 



costa, below and touching the ocellus a large round sjiot ; 



three small, faint, submarginal spots from apex downwards; 



three large spots, the centre one of which is tlie largest, 



from near posterior angle upAvards ; a large spot imniedi- 



