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accurately represents Miskin's species, that tlie only conclusion 

 possible is, that the recorded locality is erroneous, and Ps. cephenes 

 is an Australian and not an Indian species. 



ZiZERA Moore. 



Lep. Ceylon, i., p. 78, 1881. 



Dr. Chapman has shown that Moore's diagnosis of this genus is 

 faulty, and does not even agree with tlie type assigned to it. Three 

 of the species usually placed in Zizera belong to three different 

 genera, and these Dr. Chapman defines.* 



The Australian species thus become Zizina labradus Godart, 

 Zizina delospila Waterliouse, Zizula gaika Trimen. Zizeeria kar- 

 sandra Moore, and Zizeeria alsulus Herrich-Schaeffer. 



Nacaduba tasmanica Miskin. 



Lycaenesthes tasmanicus Miskin, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1890, p. 40 (Tasmania, loc. err.) : N. palmyra Waterliouse (nee 

 Felder), I.e., 1903, p. 228 (Brisbane, Cairns) : Lycaena elahorata 

 Lucas, Proc. Koy. Soc. Qsld., 1899, p. 137 (1900) (Brisbane). 



The sexes of A', palmyra have reached me from the Aru Islands, 

 and I find that our representative is distinct. Miskin's name, there- 

 fore, stands, though unfortunately based upon an erroneous 

 locality. 



Thkclinesthks onycha Hewitson. 



Utica onycha Hew., 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye, p. 5G, t.24. Figs. 11, 

 12, 1865( Australia). 



Hewitson's type is a female, and agrees best with specimens 

 from North Queensland, which are taken in company with a blue 

 male. A very similar lilac male, as well as the blue one, occurs at 

 Kuranda, and Mr. Dodd tells me that their food-plants are dif- 

 ferent. South of Townsville, only the lilac males have been taken, 

 and these have been described by Lucas as ThecUnesthes miskini. 

 This species is, I am convinced, distinct, and not a geographical 

 race of T. unydia; so the name T. miskini must be revived for the 

 species with a lilac male and a female with brown underside; this 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. Loudon, 1910, pp. 479-497. 



