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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF 

 AUSTRALIAN HESPERIDiE ; 



By W. H. MISKIN, H.E.S. 

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Fam. — HESPERIDiE. (Leach.) 

 Genus — Tagiades. (Hub.) 



T. Gamelia, n. sp. 



(TppersiJd. — Prim u ies. — 'Pale brown, with nine colourless 

 transparent spots, two within and at end of cell, two others below 

 and slightly beyond these, and a series of five very small ones 

 forming a bent row a short distance from and parallel with apex. 



Secondaries. — With the basal and apical areas pale brown, 

 the rest of wing pure white, with two quadrate black patches 

 near apex, the upper one being the least. 



Underside. — Primaries. — As above, with a whitish patch 

 near hinder angle. 



Secondaries- — All white, with apical angle, broadly towards 

 base, dark-brown ; two brown patches near apex, of which the 

 upper is the largest ; a short line of brown, cjose to outer margin, 

 not reaching anal angle, or extending to terminations of median ; 

 base of wing with a bluish tinge. 



Thorax and abdomen, above, pale brown ; beneath, light 



grey. 



Ex.— Ij2 — m. 



Hab. — Cape York (N. Queensland). Coll. — Miskin. 



This species is allied to Japetus, (Or.), which it resembles 

 somewhat on the underside. The sexes do not differ. 



