546 MESSRS. H. n. deuce a>'d g. t. BETHi'XE-BAKER OX [June 20, 



so far as is at present known, one exception, T. Jcruera, which has a 

 blue female. A slight difference occurs in the venation of the 

 fore wing, the fourth subcostal nervule terminating just iDefore 

 the apex, not at the apex as in the danis group. 



Thtsokoxis tatgexus. (Plate XLYII. figs. 5, 5 a, oh.) 



Lyca^na taygetus, Felder, Reise Xov., Lep. ii. p. 2GG, t. o3. ff. 19- 

 21 (1865). 



Cvpido taygetus, Kirby, Cat. Diur. Lep. p. 347 (1S71) ; Semper, 

 Mus. Grodef., Lep. xiv. p. 155 (1878). 



Danis taygetiis, Miskin, Ann. Queensl. Mus. no. 1, p. 50 (1891). 



Danis salamandri, Macleay, P. Ent. 8oc. X. 8. AV. p. 54 

 (1860). 



Hah. Somerset, C. York ; Eockhampton ; C. Bowen ; Cooktown ; 

 Port Denison : Moreton Bay ; Brisbane ; Sydney. Piji Is. {Felder). 



This is a common insect in Queensland and is well known to 

 vary considerably — some males having the hind wings almost 

 entirely blue and some females being entirely without the metallie 

 l)lue scales near the anal angle of the hind wings. 



D. salamandri, Macleay, as has already been pointed out by 

 Mr. Miskin and others, undoubtedly equals this species. Macleay 

 writes : — " This beautiful little species is scarcely half the size of 

 D. sehcp, and may be readily distinguished from it by its scarcely 

 having any black on the upper surface, while on the lower there 

 is a distinct gap between the black anterior and exterior margins 

 of the upper wings. Cape York. Presented to the Museum by 

 Mr. Moore of H.M.S. ' Salamander.' " 



Dr. Felder has recorded this species from the Fiji Is., but 

 amongst the large numbers of Lycanida?. we have examined from 

 those islands we have not seen a single specimen and are inclined 

 to think it is incorrect. 



Genitalia. Clasps unusually broad, reminding somewhat of a 

 flitch of bacon with the top extremity produced upwards into a 

 hooked tip, the apex of which is pointed and has three distinct 

 teeth ; fork short, stout, with the division very short indeed. 



Tegumen : arms broadly developed, the saddle-hood reduced into 

 insignificance,with books short and stout and terminating in a sharp 

 curved point. Penis very large and stout, though not long, some- 

 what barrel-shaped and flatter on the lower margin, end joint or 

 tip with the lower portion produced into a long sharp spout (as 

 of a jug) and without the hinged cover. (Plate XLYII. iigs. 5, 5 a.) 



Thtsoxotis macleati. 



Danis macleayi, Semper, Mus. Godef., Lep. xiv. p. 155 (1878) ' ; 

 Miskin, Ann. Queensl. Mus. no. 1, p. 51 (1891). 



Hah. C. York^ ; Somerset, C. York (HAVjertis) {Mus. G. ^- ,S'.). 



Herr Semper desciibes this as differing slightly (from taygetus) 

 in the spotted fringes, also in the femah^ by a projecting tooth in 

 the white disk in the fore wing and the very indistinct blue dust 



