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the Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. vi., p. 27. Mr. OUiff then 

 pointed out the mistake made, and, beUeving it to be a new 

 species, described it under the name of L. nicevillei. On 

 investigation, however, I find it agrees with Godart's species L. 

 geoffroyi, originally taken in Java, and since recorded from 

 several of the islands to the north of Australia, and also from New 

 Caledonia. Owing to its variation, however, a specimen was 

 described by Boisduval, from Macassar, under the name of L. 

 antipoda, and Wallace also described two specimens under the 

 names of L. ceramensis and L. batchiana, all of which are now 

 considered to be varieties of L. geoffroyi. 



A fine specimen from Herberton, Queensland, was recently 

 handed to me by Mr. C. French, F.L.S., for identification, which 

 I consider to be the male of this species. Another specimen from 

 New Guinea, also a male, is in the National Museum collection, 

 which differs from Mr. French's specimen only in the absence of 

 the white spots in the upper wings, and agrees well with a figure 

 of Z. antipoda, Boisd., in Stand, and Schatz. Exot. Schraett. In 

 a pair, male and female, from the Loyalty Islands in the collection 

 of Mr. W. Kershaw, the male is much smaller, and shows a 

 greater extent of orange in the hind wings, while the female agrees 

 well with Ollifif's description, but shows a slight orange suffusion 

 on the edges of some of the spots in the upper wings. As the 

 sexes differ considerably in general appearance, it may not be out 

 of place here to give a short description of the male insect, Mr. 

 Ollifif's description of the female being easy of access and all that 

 could be desired. Only one species of the genus is, so far, known 

 to occur in Austraha. 

 LiBYTHEA Geoffroyi, Godart. 



Male. — Head, antennae, and body blackish-brown ; palpi above 

 blackish-brown, beneath at base grey. Fore wings violet, bordered 

 on costa and hind margin rather broadly with blackish-brown ; a 

 white spot near costa at about two- thirds from the base, and two 

 others between veins 4 and 5 and 5 and 6 ; a very slight whitish 

 suffusion divided by vein 3 corresponds to the larger spot on the 

 under side. The hind wings have the base violet, the rest of the 

 wings being dark brown, with a narrow transverse discal band of 

 dull orange, divided by the veins into three spots. Under side : 

 Fore wings brown ; an elongate orange patch in cell ; an elongate 

 spot on the costa about two-thirds from the base, and another 

 similar spot divided by vein 5, both corresponding to those on 

 the upper side ; a round spot within and at end of cell, and a 

 larger spot just beyond and below the end of the cell and 

 divided on its anterior fourth by vein 3 ; the apex beyond the 

 spots grey, shortly striated with brown. Hind wing greyish- 

 brown, purplish-tinged, with three white transverse bands, the 

 first from base to end of cell, thence to costa at about one-half; 



