Ferrpay.—On the genus Chrysophanus in New Zealand. 461 
Subsequent observations convince me that my conclusions were correct ; 
and that there are five, or at least four, distinct species of Chrysophanus in- 
habiting New Zealand, if characters which have hitherto been generally 
allowed to constitute distinet species are to continue to be accepted as such, 
and not as constituting mere varieties. 
Mr. Butler* quotes me as thinking there may be three species; but 
appears rather to doubt the distinctness of C. feredayi, which Mr. Bates 
named and described as a distinct species.| Mr. Butler, however, admits 
that he had not seen the insect so named, and I have no doubt his opinion 
will be changed when he has had an opportunity of comparing C. feredayi 
with Lycena edna of Doubleday, which he identifies as Hesperia R. salustius 
of Fabricius, and places in this genus. j 
At present I propose to point out a few of the differences which mark 
the several species or varieties, reserving for a future paper a full descrip- 
tion, to be accompanied by drawings, illustrating the distinctive characters of 
each form. 
The several forms may, for convenience, be indicated respectively by 
the letters A B C D E F and G, A being represented in Mr. Butler's “ Cat. 
Lep. N.Z.," p. 8. Tab. 1, Figs 1 and 2, as C. salustius, female, which he believes 
to have been described by Mr. Doubleday as edna, and by Fabrieus as 
salustius ; C being represented as C. salustius, male.t The sexes are not 
distinguished in the catalogue, but Mr. Butler has informed me that Figs. 
1 and 2 represent the female, and Figs. 8 the male of C. salustius, and G 
being represented as C. boldenarum.§ 
A (female). That this is the female of the same species or form as that 
of which C is the male I cannot believe. In fact there is fair proof to the 
contrary, unless I am in error in the identity, which appears to me very 
clear, of A with the insect figured 1 and 2 in Mr. Butler’s catalogue, for I 
have repeatedly found A in company with B—the strongest evidence of A 
and B being respectively the female and male of one species or variety. 
The nervures of the wings of this form are margined and irrorated with the 
same colour as the dark markings ; pale violet pupils more or less present 
in the marginal maeular band; the under side of the secondary wings 
saffron yellow. 
B (male). Differs very little from A, the dusky basal shade being ex- 
tended further over the wings in A than in B. 
C (male). Very distinct in shape and contour of wings, which are 
+ “Ent. Mon. Mag.," Vol. IV. p. 53. 
| Loc. cit., Fig. 3. 
§ Loc. cit., Figs. 8 and 9. 
