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Hypolycaena phorbas ingura, n. subsp. 

 PI. xxix., figs. 21, 22. 

 $ . Above. Forewings black, a large central area dark blue, a large 

 circular patch at end of cell black, no traces of a suffused whitish patch in 

 area 1 a, cilia black tipped with white. Hindwings dull black, suffused dark 

 purple, with a series of white subterminal rings at tornus enclosing two black 

 spots ; anal lobe faintly centred yellowish, terminal line black, cilia blackish 

 tipped with white. 



Beneath. Dull grey, markings typical. Expanse, 34 mm. 

 $ . Above. Forewings dull black, sometimes traces of a central white 

 patch, cilia black tipped with white. Hindwings dull black, a series of sub- 

 terminal rings, at tornus enclosing two black spots, one in area 3 bordered with 

 orange, anal lobe with orange centre. 



Beneath. As in male, ground-colour usually lighter. Expanse, 40 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Territory : Groote Eylandt, January to March ; Bickerton 

 Island, April (N. B. Tindale) ; Darwin, January, December (W. K. Hunt) ; 

 12 males, 31 females. Types, I. 14428. 



This is the western race of H. p. phorbas, Fab., and a comparison with New 

 Guinea and North Queensland examples shows it to be distinct. Only a few 

 Queensland male examples show a tendency to a purple hindwing, while the 

 females of H. p. ingura in a series of 31 specimens are all without, or have only 

 a few traces of, the white discal area of forewing. All our specimens of this 

 race are smaller in expanse of wing, this being particularly marked in the island 

 ones. 



LiPHYRA BRASSOLis MELANiA, Waterhousc and Lyell. 



Liphyra b. melania, Waterhouse and Lyell, Butt, of Austr., 1914, p. 135. $ . 

 9 . Above. Forewings orange, apex and termen broadly brownish-black, 

 costa and termen narrowly edged with brown. A large irregular spot occupying 

 most of cell, and confluent with two large discal black spots in areas 2 and 3. 

 Hindwings orange, a subterminal border brownish-black. Three discal spots in 

 areas 2, 3, and 5. Termen bordered with brown. 



Beneath. As in male. No trace of silvery markings, except a small spot 

 below apex of forewings. Expanse, 83 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Territory: Groote Eylandt, January (N. B. Tindale); 

 Darwin (W. K. Hunt). Type female, I. 13776. 



The two females in our collection are very similar to Queensland examples. 

 The black area in cell above is larger, occupying all of cell except lower portion 

 of basal third, while the dark bands and spots are broader. Beneath is dark 

 brown in the Groote Eylandt example, there being no trace of silvery markings 

 or suffusions. The Darwin example is very worn and faded. 



The type female flew to a light at 8.30 p.m. on a sultry night, in my camp 

 at Yetiba, Groote Eylandt, and settled on a ridge pole with wings drooped in 

 such a manner as to be taken at first glance for one of the Ophiderinae, or 

 orange-piercing moths. Another specimen, a male, was seen flying high, around 

 a flowering tree in the scrub about noon, but after several attempts to capture 

 it with a long-handled net, it flew away very rapidly, high over the trees. 



Family PIERIDAE. 



Delias ennia dorothea, n. subsp. 



PI. XXX., fig. 25. 



$ . Above. Forewings white ; costa narrowly black ; apex black with a 



series of four white spots. Hindwings white, termen from vein 7 to dorsum 



black, a faint trace of white subterminal spots. 



