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Precis v. villida, Fab., aberration. 

 PI. xxviii., fig. 7. 



$ . Above. Forewings brown-black, lighter on termen ; two orange bars in cell^ 

 no traces of cream discal patch or ocellus, only faint trace of subapical cream spot ; 

 orange enclosed ocellus in area 2 small and incomplete. Hindwings grey-brown ;. 

 a submarginal series of ill-defined light greyish-brown spots forming a broad 

 band, interrupted by veins. 



Beneath. Forewings light buff, two broad bars in cell black ; centre and celt 

 suffused dusky-orange; a postcellular blackish suffusion; apex and termen 

 devoid of markings ; an ocellus in area 2 with orange patch on inner side. Hind- 

 wings light buff, devoid of markings. Brisbane (Dr. T. P. Lucas). 



A similar aberration from South Australia (E. Guest) differs only in having 

 the ocellus of forewing above larger; two incomplete whitish ocelli on hind- 

 wings, bordered on inner side by an orange lunular mark, and the submarginaL 

 light greyish-brown spots smaller, nearer margin, and more sharply defined. 



Pyrameis cardui kershawi, McCoy, ab. lucasi, Miskin. 

 PI. xxviii., fig. 8. 

 Pyrameis Ittcasi, Miskin, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1888, p. 1516. 

 This aberration (Type, I. 14435) was taken by Dr. T. P. Lucas in Victoria- 

 It appears possible that it is a natural hybrid between P. kershawi and P. itea, 

 Fab.; it has points of resemblance to both species, and it would be interesting 

 to test this conclusion by breeding experiments. 



Hypolimnas misippus, Linne. 

 PI. xxviii., figs. 9, 10. 

 An interesting female form of this species, taken at Darwin by Mr. T. O. 

 Thomas, has the black apical area of forewing above replaced by an orange- 

 brown suffusion, and the white discal band obscured by orange scales. Beneath, 

 the white band is also obscured and the insect scarcely distinguishable from a 

 specimen of the inaria form from India, save that it is smaller. A typical Aus- 

 tralian example is figured (fig. 9) for comparison. In Africa and India this 

 species is commonly dimorphic in the female, but this is the first record of a 

 second female form in Australia. 



Atella phalanta araca, Waterhouse and Lyell. 



PI. xxviii., fig. 11. 



The female of this rare form has not previously been figured. Mr. T. O. 



Thomas took three specimens at Darwin, and there are several, all males, in our 



collection. The female appears to be lighter coloured and the hindwing above 



is less strongly marked. 



Family LYCAENIDAE. 

 Nesolycaena albosericea, Miskin. 

 Holochila alboscricea, Miskin, Syn. Cat. Rhop. Austr., 1891, p. 65 (March ?). 

 Holochila (Polyommatus) caeruleolactea, Lucas, Butterflies and Moths, Brisbane, 1891,. 

 p. 1 (April 20). 



The paper by Lucas was published at Brisbane on April 20, 1891. Miskin's 

 Catalogue is dated 1891, the preface is dated November, 1890, and the answer 

 to an enquiry to the Queensland Museum was "published probably in March" ; 

 it would appear that Miskin's name has priority. The status of Lucas' paper has 

 been considered doubtful. It was apparently issued as a separate on the above 



