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CAIS'DALIDES. By Dr. K. Grunberg. 
cuprea. C. cuprea Rob. (145 e). <$ above dark coppery brown, at the veins of the forewing with a distinct 
red tinge, both wings narrowly bordered with black. Under surface white with a somewhat grey tint, in the 
forewing only the rather indistinct submarginal line is present. The postdiscal and submarginal lines in the 
hindwing are dentate, the former indistinct, below the cell 3 black dots, 5 marginal dots, marginal line in both 
wings. $ above blackish-brown, forewing on the posterior half, hindwing on the costal-marginal half with a 
large white spot, the basal part of which in the forewing is scaled greyish-blue. Under surface in the hindwing 
with 6 large marginal spots, the hindmost being inside dentate. North West New Guinea (Ati On). 
erimis. C. erinus F. U above lustrous dark brown with a slight reddish-violet reflection and a black distal 
margin being widened at the apex in the forewing; marginal scales white. Under surface greyish-white, the 
distal part in the forewing lighter, both wings with a dark discal spot (in the forewing mostly indistinct) and 
a postdiscal macular band, in the forewing rectilinear, in the hindwing curved ; submarginal spots in the forewing 
distinct, the two posterior ones remarkably large, in the hindwing indistinct, both wings with a black marginal 
line being expanded to marginal spots in the hindwing. Hindwing with 4 subbasal spots and 4 spots in a trans¬ 
verse row across the middle of the cell, below the discal spot a single spot. $ above unicolorously blackish- 
brown with white marginal scales, rarely with a faint blue at the bases of the wings. North and North West 
Australia (absent in New South Wales). 
hyacinihina. C. hyacintliina Setup. (= erinus H.-Schaff. nec F simplex Tepp). $ above with a faint reddish- 
violet lustre, both wings with a dark brown distal margin and grey marginal scales. Under surface grey, marking 
like in erinus, the spots somewhat larger, but less distinctly contrasting with the ground of the wings; discal 
spot in the forewing always distinct. $ above blackish-brown, the base of both wings of a bright reddish-violet, 
sometimes as far as beyond the middle, sometimes also in a very small extent. West and South Australia, 
proceeding from South Queensland. 
eyanites. C. cyanites Meyr. $ above of a deep, lustrous blue, the costal and distal margins in both wings black; 
marginal scales black, spotted white. Under surface similar as in hyacinihina , the ground-colour and marking 
darker, the two black spots "at the anal angle of the forewing distinct . Marginal scales dark grey. $ above less 
brightly coloured, the distal margin more rounded. West and South Australia. 
aeasta. C. acasta Cox (= anita Semp., moerens Rosen., canescens Mislc.). Above reddish-violet, both wings 
with a dark brown distal margin and brown marginal scales spotted white. Under surface dark grey, sometimes 
speckled white, marking like in hyacinihina, but less distinct, also the spots at the anal angle of the forewing 
usually flown together to one indistinct spot. Marginal scales dark grey. $ above dark brown, basal area of 
both wings of a bright reddish-violet in variable extent; marginal scales white, spotted brown. Under surface 
like in the <$, in the cell of the forewing sometimes rvith 2 blackish spots being absent in the <$. South West 
and South Australia, Tasmania. 
meeki. C. meeki B.-Bak. C above snow-white, apical part of the forewing from the cell-end as far as below 
vein 2 broadly black, in the hindwing the black spots showing through from beneath; marginal scales white, 
at the ends of the veins finely interrupted by brownish. Under surface white; forewing with a broad grey costal 
margin and a very broad black postdiscal band exterrding to vein 2, apex and distal margin brown with a 
whitish tinge, before the border a series of dark brown submarginal spots, at the cell-end a narrow dark discal 
spot. Hindwing with a brownish white base and dark brown spots: 2 small basal spots, a transverse row of 
5 subbasal spots, the two interior ones of which are punctiform, a narrow discal spot, above it, somewhat out- 
wardly, 2 spots above each other, the lower one smaller; a postdiscal, oblique transverse row of 4 spots, the 
two upper ones larger and confluent, the two lower ones small and separate; 2 more spots between vein 2 and 
the proximal margin, the upper one moon-shaped; submarginal spots small, a fine marginal line likewise brown. 
British New Guinea (Owgarra). 
arfaki. C. arfaki B.-Bak. $ above white, base of both wings grey, apical part of the forewing from the costal 
margin to the anal angle broadly black, like the marginal scales. Hindwing along the proximal margin grey, 
the marking beneath slightly diaphanous, the anal margin with a black border-line, the marginal scales on 
the veins 1 and 2 spotted black.' Under surface white with a dark brown marking, both wings with a distinct, 
dark brown discal spot. Forewing at the base as far as the middle of the cell dusted dark greyish-brown, the 
apical part like above broad dark brown, but only as far as vein 2. Hindwing with a broad, dark brown sub¬ 
basal and postdiscal band, the former beginning at the proximal margin with 2 separate spots, the latter rectangu¬ 
larly broken between the veins 5 and 6; marginal line distinctly dark brown, close in front of it a row of similar 
submarginal spots; marginal scales white, only at the ends of the veins dark. North New Guinea. 
refusa. C. refusa Gr.-Sm. (145 f). above blackish-brown, forewing from the posterior part of the cell to 
the proximal margin white and with a white discal spot, the basal inner-marginal area darker, hindwing on the 
basal half from the costal margin as far as behind the cell likewise white, the posterior light part covered with 
blue, somewhat lustrous scales. The white marginal scales at the ends of the veins spotted blackish-brown. 
Under surface greyish-white, both wings with a broad, dark greyish-brown marginal area growing broader 
towards the apex in the forewing and being continued as a very narrow border along the proximal margin as 
far as the base; otherwise no markings. Marginal scales like above. In the ^ the white colouring above is 
