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The accompanying drawings from the able brush of my 
esteemed colleague, Mr. Edgar R. Waite, depict the typical 
form and a striking colour -variety in the female of a 
common Australian satyrid butterfly, Heteronymjpha merope, 
Fab. The single aberrant example under notice was 
captured in January last by Master G. A. Waterhouse, of 
Sydney, on the ' Gib,' a mountain between Mittagong and 
Bowral, about 80 miles south of Sydney, and has been 
kindly submitted to me for record. At the time the 
butterfly was taken the captor informs me that he believes 
he saw a similarly marked specimen but failed to secure it. 
Butler (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, xix., 3rd ser., p. 126, 
1867), after giving the synonomy of H. merope, writes : — 
'Hub. Australia (B. M.), var. Tasmania (c?, $,B. M.),' 
and it would be interesting to ascertain if the Tasmanian 
variety there referred to accords with that now described 
and figured ; more especially as I have reason to believe 
that specimens of a similar variety have been observed in 
the mountainous districts of that island. 
As this varietal form appears to have as much claim to 
designation as many others that have received names, I 
propose that it be known as : — 
H. merope, Fab., var. suffusa. 
Description, 
Primaries. Upperside : with the usual fuscous-black 
apical area suffused over more than half the wings, 
consequently the short line at the inner third of the costal 
margin is enveloped ; only indistinct indications of the 
three characteristic yellow patches; the sub-apical ocellus 
without the fulvous iris. Underside : almost as equally and 
as deeply suffused as the upperside, paler at the apex ; the 
three yellowish patches indistinct, but the posterior patch 
indistinctly and narrowly confluent with the fulvous basal 
area. 
Secondaries. Upperside : with the outer half fuscous- 
black, this nearly reaching the discal cell; the ocellus 
represented by only a very small pale blue dot. Underside : 
smoky, darker beyond the middle ; veins yellowish. 
