78 Mr. R. E. Turner on New Species of 



of the second recurrent nervure. But I regard these as 

 individual variations only. 



Cryptochilus commixtus, Turn. 



Crypt ocheiliis commixtus, Turn., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 p. 317, 1910, $c^. 



This species belongs to the groiip in which the male has 

 the tarsal ungues bifid, while they are unidentate in the 

 female. This structure is found in a considerable number 

 of oriental and Malayan species, also in one or two Ethio- 

 pian species, but not as far as I know in any other Australian 

 Cryptochilvs. Superficially the species closely resembles 

 Hemipepsis auslralasioe, but is not as plentiful and has a 

 more limited range. 



Hah. Mack AY and Cairns, Q. 



The nearest ally is C. hasimacula, Cam., from New 

 Britain. 



Genus Cyphononyx, Dahlb. 



Cyphononyx, Dahlb., Hymen. Europ., i, p. 461, 18-13. 



This genus was founded on the single character of the 

 bifid tarsal ungues. But I am very doubtful if it will 

 eventually stand, owing to the fact that a considerable 

 number of species have males with the bifid tarsal ungues 

 of Cyphononyx and females with the unidentate ungues 

 of Cryptocheilus. At present I retain the name for those 

 species in which the tarsal ungues are bifid in both sexes. 

 Taken in this sense there is only one Australian species of 

 the genus. 



Cyphononyx aspasia, Sm. 



Mygnimia aspasia, Sm.. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool., iii, 

 p. 157, 1858, ?. 



A beautiful large species with yellow wings and the 

 abdomen glossed with blue. 



Hab. Mackay and Kubanda, Q. {Turner); New Guinea; 

 Arn (Wallace); Ke (Stalker). 



Cyphononyx vitiensis, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; capite, antennis, pronoto, mesonoto lateribus, tegulis, 

 scutello, postscutello apice, segmentis abdominalibus tertio apice, 

 quarto, quinto sextoque, pedibusque fulvo-ferrugineis ; alia flavo- 



