464 DR. T. A. CHAPMAN ON THE SPECIES [Apr. 27, 
32. sonchus H. H. Druce, P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 655, pl. xxix. fig. 4. 
See plauta. 
Text-fig. 107. 
sonchus (or plauta). X 42. 
33. melena Doherty, J. A. 8. B. lviil. p. 434, pl. xxiii. fig. 13. 
This species belongs to the group in which the spicular process 
of the clasp is of a length only half that of the extremity of the 
clasp and lies down so close to the margin that it might conceiv- 
ably be overlooked. 
It is certainly very close to tenella. The clasps are, however, 
decidedly longer and a good deal narrower. 
34. tenella Miskin, Syn. Cat. Rhop. Austr. p. 63 (1891); Pr. 
ihimns Soee Ni SaWe TOUS pe 144, 904 ios ial (Graeae 
Waterhouse). 
I have examined a specimen taken by Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, 
near Kuranda, between Naruba and Kuranda, at 1200 ft. elevation, 
April 1899, and in his collection. As Cairns (at sea-level) is 
within a score of miles, the locality is no doubt near if not the 
same as that referred to by Miskin and Waterhouse as “ Cairns 
District.” I assume my identification to be correct, as the under- 
side markings agree exactly with Waterhouse’s somewhat dia- 
grammatic figure. The blue has a somewhat greenish tone, not 
alluded to in Waterhouse’s description. 
The appendages are slightly smaller but otherwise quite 
