Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict., 15, 1947 



NEW GEOGRAPHICAL RACES OF AUSTRALIAN 



BUTTERFLIES, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE 



FEMALE, LARVA, AND PUPA OF PSEUD ALMENUS 



CHLORINDA BARRINGTONENSIS Whs. 



By A. N. Burns, B.Sc, F.B.E.S., F.B.H.S. 



Entomologist, National Museum of Victoria. 



Plates 3-8 ; Figs. 1-5. 

 (Received for publication October 6, 1947) 



Family SATYRIDAE 



Xenica Idugi mulesi n. subsp. 

 Male, Above. 



Forewing smoky black with orange brown markings, a white pupilled 

 ocellus near apex, dorsum brownish black, a streak of dull black and silvery 

 grey sex scales from vein 4 to vein la near its middle. This sex mark is much 

 narrower than in typical klugi. Cilia greyish brown. 



Hindwing smoky black with orange brown markings, a dull black band 

 in centre crossing lower end of cell, a white pupilled ocellus near tornus, 

 another smaller one in the subapical area. 



Beneath : 



Forewing similar to upperside, orange brown markings paler, apex pale 

 dull black suffused grey, sex mark absent, ocelli as above, tornus narrowly 

 smoky black. 



Hindwing varying shades of greyish brown with darker irregular striae, 

 central band as above but longer, ocellus near tornus reduced to a minute spot, 

 subapical one smaller and more obscure. 



Female, Above -. 



Forewing smoky black with orange brown markings which are more extensive 

 than in the male, a white pupilled ocellus near apex, sex mark absent, dorsum 

 brownish black, cilia greyish brown. 



Hindwing smoky black with orange brown markings, a dull black band in 

 centre crossing lower end of cell, a small white pupilled ocellus near tornus, 

 another in the subapical area which is sometimes reduced to a circular dull 

 black spot, cilia greyish. 



Beneath : 



Forewing similar to upperside, orange brown markings paler, apex pale 

 brownish black suffused greyish white, in some examples greyish white faintly 

 tinged yellow. Ocellus as above. 



Hindwing varying shades of greyish, from ashy grey to greyish brown, with 

 darker irregular striae which vary in distinctness in individuals. Ocellus near 

 tornus obscure or almost absent, subapical one very faint. 



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