NEW RACES OF AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES 101 



Beneath. ' 



Forewing silvery white, a discal band black; another black spot at end of 

 cell, extreme edges of wing black, cilia greyish white. Hindwing silvery white, 

 a discal black marking to half way, a black spot at base, a cinnabar marking 

 round termen to tornus and extending to dorsum, a minute black dot on 

 its inner side at end, between cinnabar mai'king and edges of wing from one 

 third to dorsum, black; cilia greyish white. 



Female, Above : 



"Wing expanse (average), Irs in. — 31-33mm. 



Forewing black, a broad orange band across wing, veins not dusted black, 

 a black spot at end of cell, a few long silky grey hairs at base of wing, cilia 

 greyish white. Hindwing black, a broad deep orange red band from near 

 apex to tornus, other markings as in the male. 



Beneath : 



As in the male, black markings wider and cinnabar marking also wider 

 and slightly more extensive. 



This race is decidedly larger than the other races and is much brighter in 

 colour. 



Locality -. 



Tubrabueca, Barrington Tops, New South Wales, at an elevation of from 4,000 

 to 4,500 feet. No doubt this butterfly occurs at many other spots on the 

 Barrington Tops where its food trees grow on the ridges. 



Holotype male in collection Waterhouse (3) ; Allotype female in the col- 

 lection of the writer. 



REFERENCES. 



1. Waterhouse, G. A. and Lyell, G. Some Dimboola Butterflies. Vie. Nat. XXIV, II, 



pp. 165-166, 1908. 



2. The Butterflies of Australia. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1914. 



3. Waterhouse, G. A. What Butterfly is That? Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1932. 



4. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. VII. Descriptions of New Races. Proc.. Linn. 



Soc. N.S.W., lix, pp. 416-420, 1934. 



5. On the Identity of the Butterfly known in Australia as Heteronympha philerope 



Boisd., 1832. Ibid, lxii, pp. 253-258, 1937. 



6. Australian Hesperidae vii, Notes on the Types and Type Localities. Ibid, lxii, 



pp. 107-125, 1937. 



PLATE No. 3. 



(1). Xenica Mugi mulesi n. subsp. Male. 



(2). Xenica Mugi mulesi n. subsp. Female. 



(3). Xenica Mugi Mugi Guerin. Male. 



(4). Xenica Mugi Mugi Guerin. Female. 



(5). Xenica Mugi mulesi n. subsp. Male underside. 



(6). Xenica Mugi mulesi n. subsp. Female underside. 



(7). Xenica Mugi Mugi Guerin. Male underside. 



(8). Xenica Mugi Mugi Guerin. Female underside. 



PLATE No. 4. 



(1). Heteronympha cordace cordace Hubn., Male. 



(2). Heteronympha cordace cordace Hubn., Female. 



(3). Heteronympha cordace wilsoni n. subsp., Male. 



(4). Heteronympha cordace wilsoni n. subsp., Female. 



