NEW RACES OF AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES 95 



Queensland and New South Wales, it occurs along the coast as 

 well as far inland, but is confined to inland districts in Victoria, 

 and to a lesser extent in South and Western Australia. 



For distribution of 0. amaryllis and its races see Fig. 4. 



Types, male and female, in the collection of the author. 



Subfamily Lycaeninae 

 Canddlides lieathi doddi n. subsp. 



Male . Above ; 



Forewing dark bronze brown suffused purplish, outer margins brown-black; 

 more broadly so than in G. heathi hcaihi. Cilia grey. 



Hindwing dark bronze brown suffused purplisb, outer margins brown-black. 

 Cilia white. 



Beneath : 



Forewing silky white suffused cream, a series of black spots, usually six in 

 number, near the margins, those nearest tornus being the largest. 



Hindwing silky white suffused cream, a series of black spots, usually six in 

 number, near the margins, diminishing in size from tornus towards apex. 



Female. Above-. 



Forewing brown faintly tinged bronze, central area purplish, only faintly so 

 in some examples. Outer margins brown-black, cilia white. 



Hindwing brown faintly tinged bronze, central area purplish, faintly so in 

 some examples. Outer margins narrow, brown-black, cilia white. 



Beneath : 



Forewing pale greyish white inclined to be silky, with a scries of black spots 

 as in the male. 



Hindwing pale greyish white inclined to be silky, a series of six black spots 

 diminishing in size from tornus towards apex. 



This race is much larger than the typical heathi, or any of its other races, 

 males averaging 30mm. across the expanded wings, and females from 31 to 

 34mm. Large specimens of male heathi on the other hand average 20mm., and 

 females 28mm. across the wings. 



C. hcaihi doddi was first captured by F. J. Dodd after whom it 

 is named, on the headwaters of the Tubrabucea River, (altitude 

 4,300 feet) on the northern end of the Barrington Tops, New 

 South Wales, in late December 1946. Several days later, the 

 author in company with Dodd, took further specimens on the head- 

 waters of the Manning River, some six miles from the original spot, 

 and on the following day again at the original place. 



No doubt this butterfly occurs at other places on the Barrington 

 Tops. The author spent two weeks collecting there on two previous 

 occasions, but did not encounter this butterfly. This may have been 

 due to the fact that on these trips only the southern end of the 

 Tops was visited, near the site of Edward's hut. This is 17 miles 

 from the source of the Tubrabucea River. 



