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afterwards submitted to Mr. Herbert Druce, who compared 

 it with specimens of J arietta, Butl., in the Godman collec- 

 tion (British Museum), and he states, that they are un- 

 doubtedly one and the same species. The synonymy will 

 therefore be : — 



T. janetta, Butl. 



T.E.S. Lond., p. 519, 1870; T. gamelia, Misk., P.R.S. Qld., 

 1889, p. 146; T. australensis, Mab., C.R. Ent., Belg., xxxv., p. 

 72; T. louisa, Swinh., Ann. Mag. Nat, His. (7), xx., p. 432, 1907. 



108. Padrasna sub orbicularis, Mab. 



109. Ocybadistes suffusus, Mab. 



These two new species were recently described in 

 Wystmarnis Gen. Insect. I am not acquainted with either. 

 The locality given is Australia. 



The Tagiades are sombre-coloured insects showing slight 

 geographical variations ; the Australian forms and those of 

 the adjoining islands are closely allied and probably derived 

 from japetus, Cr. They are, however, separated from that 

 group by the snow-white hindwings, of which I consider 

 atticus, Fabr., the earliest form. As it is highly probable that 

 janetta, Butl., will be taken on the mainland and may ulti- 

 mately prove to be identical with gamelia, Misk., I append 

 both of the original descriptions. 



5. T. janetta, Butl. 

 T.E.S., Lond., p. 519, 1870; M. and L, T.R.S., p. 45. 



Front wings dark-brown ; a streak at end of cell and 

 another on the disc, grey scales, four central spots, two within 

 the cell and two between the median branches, and five points 

 near the apex in a recurved series, white hyaline ; hindwings, 

 the basal area, and apex dark-brown, two large black spots 

 placed obliquely within the apical band ; body brown. Front- 

 wings below nearly as above, the grey discal streak broader 

 and well defined, becoming white near anal angle ; hind- 

 wings white, costa and apex dark-brown ; subapical spots as 

 above ; a black triangular spot at end of median branch and 

 a short black line at the end of second; white; body, greyish 

 in front, white behind. 



Expanse of wings, 2 in. 



Flab. — Aru Islands. 



Coll. Druce. Belongs to Japetus group (Butler, T.E.S. , 

 Lond., p. 519, 1870). 



T. gamelia, Misk., P.R.S. , Qld., 1889, p. 146. 



o* 9- l-i2~l\-2 m - Upper side pale-brown with 9 pale 

 colourless transparent spots, 2 within and at end of cell, % 



