10 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA 



The Labial palpi (lig. 2, female) long, projecting upwards and forwards higher than the head ; basal joint small, second 

 joint twice as long as the terminal, which latter is somewhat obtuse at the apex ; Imsal and second jomts 

 thickly, and terminal thinly, clothed with scales and a few short hairs. In male much smaller, projectuig 

 to about three-fourths of the eye. 



The Legs with the anterior pair perfect (fig. 3, female), second and posterior pairs (fig. 4) with two minute apical 



spurs ; tibize and*tarsi covered with scales, the latter being also sctigerous; pulvilli large, claws minute. 

 The upper surface of the male is of a shining smalt blue, deepening very slightly towards the marginal borders, whicli are 

 fringed alternately with black and white. In the female the disc of each wing is white, merging into a dark bluish slate colour 

 towards the base. The remaining portion of the forewings is silky black, of the hindwings bluish slate colour, darkening uito 

 neutral tint at the outer margin. The cilia greyish white ; the head, thorax, and abdomen slaty blue. The underside of l)oth 

 sexes is silvery white, with several transverse rows of wavy black lines, a discoidal marking, and a few black spots scattered near 

 the base of the liindwings. 



The caterpillar and chrysalis ari' drawn on the Cupania anacanlioides in flower, together with ligures of both sexes m their 

 perfect state. 



[H, absimilis ranges from Cape York, through New South Wales, info Gippsland.J 



LAMPIDES ALSULUS, IIekuich-Sciixffeu.— (Plate XII, Upper ami Underside). 

 Lyc(ena ahuhis, llen-ich-Scl.aHei-, Stott. Ent. Zeit., 18G9, p. 75; Semper, Jouni. Mu.s. GodcflVoy, IV, p. IGO (1879). 

 I'dlyommatus freqw'ns, Scott, MS. 



This very common little butterfly is abundant nearly throughout the year, and in the neighbourhood of Sydney specimens 

 may be seen even during the coldest months fluttering over the grass and weeds in gardens, or at the roadside. The larva foods 

 in the pods of the common pea and other leguminous plants, also on lucerne and various species of trefoil. It is oniscitorm, 

 slightly pubescent, and of a pale green with a lateral stripe of darker colour, and slightly over 5 lines in length. Tlie chrysalis is 

 4 lines in lengtli, of a dark cream colour, with three abdominal rows of small spots, l)lunt in form, and is attached by the tail 

 and a n>cdial baud. The perfect insect rarely exceeds 13 lines in expanse. 



The Ankmuv (flg. 1) are moderately long, clavate, and blunt at the tips, with a lateral groove. 



The Labial palpi (flg. 2) project forwards and upwards to about the top of the eye ; second joint four times longer than the 

 basal, and half as long again as the terminal, which latter is pointed and nearly naked ; basal and second 

 joints covered with scales, and rather long hairs beneath. 



The Lcr/s anterior pair, in the male the tarsus is composed of a single joint, terminating in one claw; in the 



female, perfect ; second and posterior pairs (flg. 3) with two small apical spurs on the tibitc ; tibicc and 



tarsi closely covered with scales, and with a few seta). 



The upper surface is of a pale shining purplish blue, broadly bordered at the outer margins with brown. The underside is 



light silvery drab, with a brown crescent at the extremity of the discoidal cell ; near the hind margin a transverse row of somewhat 



ocellated spots, and two wavy or scalloped bands ; a fow spots near the basal portion of the lower wings. The spots and markings 



are brown, faintly edged with white. 



The plant figured is the Lidvjofcra australis, upon which the larva and chrysalis are placed. 

 [L. alsidiis is found throughout Australia and Tasmania, and extends to Fiji, Samoa, and the Philippines. 



LYC^NA B^TICA, Linn.eus.— (Plate XII, c? . ? . "■^^<^ Underside.) ^ C^y*"^ 



I'apilio bwlicus, LinuKUs, Syst. Nat., i, p. 789 (1767). 



Lymna bcetica, llorsfield, Cat. Lcp. E.I.C., p. 80 (1828) ; Trimen, South African Butt., II, p, 58 (1887). 



I'apilio damuetes, Fabrioius, Syst. Ent., p. 526 (1775); Donovan, Ins. New IlolL, pi. 31, lig. 2 (1805); Trimen, he. cil. 



Lyatna- leyuminis, Scott, MS. 



LiFE-iiisTOKY ; Godart, Eno. Meth., ix, p. (J55 (1^19), WoilasLon (Mrs. E.;, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 5 ser., iii, p. 224 (1879); Trimen, loc. cil. 



The L. bntica is very widely distributed, its range extending from the south of Europe into India, Java, and Australia.* 

 Here, as in the other countries mentioned, they are found in considerable abundance, disporting themselves in company with 

 Lavipides alstdua, or other small blues, over meadows and cultivated lands. 



■ [The species is now known to extend throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is even found in the most remote occiinic islands, including Lord Howe Island 

 and No!-folk Island ; biit up to this time, curiously enough, it does not appear to have been observed in New Zealand.— A.S.O.] 



