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Tapper's male specimen. Mr. F. Angel has taken it plentifully at Kingscote, 

 Kangaroo Island, in November. 



Ogyris halmaturia halmaturia, Tepper. 

 PI. xxix., fig. 20. 



Ogyris halmaturia, Tepper, Common Native Insects, Adelaide, ii., 1890, p. 12 (part). 



Considerable confusion has existed regarding this species. The supposed 

 sexes, as described by Tepper, are both males and belong to distinct species. 

 The type male is a typical specimen of O. otanes, Feld. ; the "female" is the male 

 of a species very close to O. ivaterhoiiseri, Bethune-Baker, and, as in the original 

 description, the "female" is mentioned and described first, the name halmaturia 

 will stand. The typical locality is Kangaroo Island. As no further specimen is 

 known, a description and figure of the type, which lacks both its antennae, is 

 given. 



$ . Above. Forewings strongly convex, dull purplish, apex and termen 

 rather broadly black, a few scales at apex white ; veins blackish ; cilia white, at 

 veins and hinder angle brownish-black. Hindwings dull purplish, costa broadly 

 and termen narrowly brownish-black ; veins blackish, with a conspicuous black 

 spot at apex of cell. 



Beneath. Forewings brownish, similar to O. (h.) waterhouseri, the trans- 

 verse white bars conspicuous, the apical white bar of cell tinged with brilliant 

 blue, a few scales at apex of cell purple. Hindwings dark brown, suffused 

 whitish, the markings larger than in O. (h.) zvaterhouseri, broadly V-shaped and 

 arranged parallel to margin of wing. A median area brownish-black. Expanse, 

 50 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Kangaroo Island, in November (J. G. O. Tepper). 

 Type, I. 14427, unique. 



The type is very distinct from O. idino, and cannot be regarded as a race of 

 that species. O. zvaterhouseri is also apparently distinct from O. idmo, and 

 should be regarded as a race of the present species. Waterhouse and Lyell 

 associated 0. idmo and O. waterhouseri as races with considerable doubt. 



Ogyris h. waterhouseri, Bethune-Baker. 



This form appears sufficiently distinct from the Kangaroo Island form to 

 be regarded as a race. Collectors should look out for both these forms, as very 

 few specimens have ever been taken. The present form has been taken at 

 Dimboola and in the Grampians, Victoria. 



Ogyris abrota, Westwood. 



A single male taken at Mount Gambier, in April, by the late Mr. E. Guest, 

 is a new record for South Australia. 



Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas, Fab. 

 PI. xxix., figs. 23, 24. 

 Hah. — New Guinea ("Ins. Papuanae") ; Queensland: Cape York to Mackay. 

 Queensland examples are not sufficiently distinct from New Guinea ones to 

 be considered a distinct race. The type form is from "Ins. Papuanae." 



Hypolycaena p. phorbas, $ , i. noctula, Staudinger. 



There was a specimen of this dark-purple form of the male from North 

 Queensland in the Lucas collection. The markings beneath are pale yellowish- 

 brown and the spots at tornus beneath are prominent, but entirely absent above. 



