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Distinct from the other similarly colored species in the Aus- 

 tralian group by its large size. It has been known to Aus- 

 tralian collectors as Augiade^ Felder, an insect, as before men- 

 tioned, occurs only in Amboina and Batavia. According to 

 Elwes and Edwards (Rev. Or. Leip., pp. 250, 253) the female 

 of that species is very similar to Palmarum Mre., and the 

 females possess no sexual characters by which they may be 

 separated. They state, however, in the male of Augiades, 

 that the tvhole of the cell of forewing on under side is orange ; 

 in Sperthias the basal half is black. Most. Australian col- 

 lectors avow that the insect described by Butler as Ulama is 

 the female ot this species, but as we have no really reliable 

 source of information (but we hope to have' shortly) to depend 

 upon, we think it better to retain them as distinct species for 

 the present. This present species is very similar in appear- 

 ance to the following, but the distinctive characters appear to 

 be its larger size, additional dot below subcostal series (thus 

 forming a complete fascia of marks), and broader band of 

 hindwings, and additional mark above apex of same. These 

 markings are fairly constant. 



The larva feed on several kinds of palms, notably Livisfo7ia 

 Australis, Kentia fosteriana, and Belmoriana. The imago ap- 

 pears from November to February. 



Brisbane, Mackay, Cooktown, and Cairns, Queensland; 

 Sydney, New South Wales ; Java, India, and Borneo. 



C5. Erynnis olivescens, Herr-Sch. 



{Famphila olivescens, H.S., Stett. Ent. Zeit., p 79, n. 60, t. 

 3, fig. 14, 1869). 



Female, 36-38 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs 

 and abdomen as in SjJerthias. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 termen gently bowed, oblique; color and markings as in 

 Sperthias, but orange spot between veins 7 and 8 and connect- 

 ing subcostal spots with transverse fascia absent. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded, faintly produced before anal angle ; 

 color and markings as in SpertMas, but sub-median band much 

 narrower and not continued above vein 6 ; cilia of both wings 

 as in Spertliias. Under side of both wings orange-yellow, 

 markings of upper side, except inner marginal streak, repro- 

 duced in pale ochreous ; dorsal third of wing, except along 

 termen, blackish ; basal half of cell blackish, division suffused. 



The S(pecific distinctions are given at footnote of previous 

 species. This is the insect which has stood for Phineus, Cr., 

 in Australian collections, and is probably the one Mr. Mat- 



