472 THE CRUISE OF THE ' GURAQOA: 



five to six diffused whitish spots ; body below dirty-white ; expanse 

 of wings 2 inches 8 lines. 



Australia. 



The original type specimen of A. Melania has long been 

 imique in the Collection of the late Sir Joseph Banks, now in the 

 possession of the Trustees of the British Museum ; the original 

 figure in Donovan's Insects of New Holland is so poor that 

 Lepidopterists who were not aware of the existence of the type 

 in the Banksian Collection had given up all hope of ever deter- 

 mining the species, the Fabrician description not being sufficiently 

 detailed to enable them to correct the errors in Donovan's 

 drawing ; it is therefore important that this beautiful butterfly 

 should be correctly delineated. 



