120 ON BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYC.ENIDiE. [June 3, 



Candalides erinus Fabr. 



Papilio erimcs Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 525 (1775). 



Holochila hyacinthina Semp. Mus. Godeffr., Lep. xiv. p. 163 

 (1878). 



The types show that Herr Semper has redescribed the large 

 form, having identified the form named subjoallidihs by Dr. Lucas 

 as C. erinus Fabr., as specimens formerly in his possession prove. 



Candalides anita Semper. 



Holochila anita Semp. Mus. Godefii.-., Lep. xiv. p. 163 (1878). 



Lyccena vioerens Kosen. Ann. &, Mag. N. H. ser. 5, xvi. p. 377 

 (1885). 



Herr Semper's type is in a very bad state of preservation, but 

 a careful examination has proved that it is identical with the type 

 of L. moerens in the British Museum. Mr. Miskin, in Ann. 

 Queensland Museum, no. 1, p. 65 (1891), places this and the 

 preceding species referred to under E. et-imis, but I find it 

 impossible to agree with him. Tliey are difi"ei-ently coloured and 

 marked, and have difierent shaped wings. 



Ialmenus dameli. (Plate XI. figs. 10, 12.) 



lalmenus dameli Semp. Mus, GodefFr., Lep. xiv. p. 166 (1878). 



Ialmenus illidgei Lucas, P. R. S. Soc. Qd. p. 156, figs. 1, 2 (1889), 



I quite agree with Mr. 0. B. Lower that the insect described by 

 Dr. T. P. Lucas is identical with Heir Semper's species. The type 

 specimens, which are in fine condition, ai'e exhibited. /. dameli 

 is at once distinguished from /. icte7ius Hew. by the black linear 

 bands below being replaced by broader bufi"-coloured bands of a 

 slightly darker shade than the ground-colour. I also exhibit 

 (PI. XL fig. 11) a specimen of I. eichorni Stand. Exot. Schmett. 

 p. 275 (1888), received from the late Dr. Staudinger under that 

 name from Oooktown. It appears to be quite distinct. /. itonus 

 Miskin, P. L.S. KS.W. ser. 2, v. p. 41 (1890), seems from the 

 description to be identical with this sjDecies. 



In a footnote ^ will be found described a species of lalmenus 

 which I believe to be quite distinct. 



1 Ialmenus clementi. (Plate XI. fig. 9.) 



$. Allied to I. inous Hew. Much smaller. Upperside pale greyish brown, 

 with the blue suflFasion less extensive, more brassy, and not reaching into the cell of 

 the fore wing. The anal margin of hind wing is nearly straight and not dentate 

 as in I. inous. The black spot on the margin between the nervules is small, 

 circular and distinct, and surrounded by very pale yellow. Underside paler than 

 in I. inous, and the bands composed of sordid white, ringed, chain-like markings 

 arranged much as in that sjjecies, but less distinct. 



$ . As (J but paler, and brassy blue suffusion even less extensive in fore wing 

 above. 



Expanse, $ 1-1 lo inch, $ 1^ inch. 



Sab. W. Australia, Touranna Plains, between Yule River and Sherlock River, 

 Jan. to May {E. Clement, PIi.D.). 



Pour specimens, three of which, including the types, are in the Hope Museum, 

 Oxford, and one in our own, kindl3' presented by Professor Poulton, P.R.S. 



This is the smallest species of the genus described. 



