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Light. [D. Erlppus, Cram., an allied species of American 

 origin, is now common abont Adelaide, and during tlie present 

 winter has been noticed at Gawler. — Ed.] 



Lycaena discifer, Herr. Schaff. 

 PI. II., figs. 14, 15. 



i?d/.— Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1869, p. 72, t. 4, f. 21. 



The two sexes of this species are distinguished by rather 

 dissimilar colours, as are shown by fig. 14 male, and fig. 15 

 female. It frequents the flowers of low shrubs, &c., and has 

 been observed at Nuriootpa, Co. Light, and at Ardrossan, 

 Yorke's Peninsula, but nowhere numerously. 

 Cupido boetica. 

 PI. n., fig. 11. 



This is one of our commonest species, and occurs in moderate 

 numbers in all parts of the province visited by me. Its 

 principal distinction, besides the pale blue and brownish- gi'ey 

 tint of the upper side of both wings, is a rather long silky 

 appendage to the lower part of the posterior wings, which are 

 also marked by two black spots in a white band near the 

 margin. The most notable markings, on the under side, are a 

 broad white band across both wings, two black eye spots right 

 and left of the base of the appendage, bordered outwardly by a 

 narrow semicircle of metallic blue, inwardly with yellow, and 

 numerous narrow, but distinct, bands to the very base. The 

 male is smaller, and marked less conspicuously than the 

 female. 



Cupido agricola, Donbleday et Hew. 

 PI. n., fig. 8. 



Bef. — Genera Diurnal Lepid., t. 76, f . 4. 



Is also found in most localities. Its size is much less than 

 C loetlca, and its colour a uniform dark browni, margined with 

 white and brown alternately. 



Cupido oeneus, spec. nov. 

 PI. II., fig. 9. 



This is one of the largest species of the genus in the province, 

 and is not less than one and a half inches in span. The basal 

 parts of the upper side of the wings are of a fine changing 

 purplish-blue, the apex of the anterior and the edges of both 

 wings of bright bronze colour ; the margin of the anteriors is 

 black, with white fringe ; the posteriors have the inner corner 

 deeply scalloped, and a small appendage attached, near to 

 which two dark spots occur, edged with white, produced as a 

 white line along the margin ; fringe white. The under side is 

 of delicate tan colour, the margin edged with a fine dark line. 

 Two rows of small white ovals converge slightly from the lower 



