LYCAENINAE 
75 
MEGISBA 
n Forewmg white: a spot in cell, a bar at end of cell, and an interrupted discal line, 
ia.mtly brown: costa faintly brown, with a series of small dots, brown-black: termen faintly brown 
uith a series of spots, brown ringed white. Hindwing white: a curved series of three basal spots in 
area Ic, in cell, mid in area 7, black: a bar at end of cell, brown, with a spot below in area lb, black: 
a spot in area 7 at apex, black: an interrupted discal band, brown: termen faintly brown with a 
senes of sjiots, brown ringed Avhite, those in areas la and 2 brown-black. 
9* Above as in male: Avhite areas larger: costa more arched and termen more rounded. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Cajio York 12 3. Cooktown 1 10 11 12. Cairns 7 S 11. Kuranda 1 2 3 4 5 0 8 10 11 12. 
Atherton 1 3 12. Herbert on 1. j\It. Molloy 12. 33 27 9. 
Ihe size of the lyhito areas above is somewhat variable, but so far as can be judged from our own 
long series, this variation is not seasonal. 
Genus CYANIMS Dalman. 
Konliga Vetenskaps Academiens Haiullingar, p. 63, 94, 1816. 
1 orewing with vein 11 and vein 12 only slightly bent toAvards each other. Hindwing Avith termen 
evenly rounded. Eyes hairy. 
Type. Cyanirk argioliis Linne, from Europe. 
Many species of this genus occur in tlie western portion of the Indo-Malayan Region, but so far 
only the one small species has been taken in Australia. 
83. Cyaniris tenella iMiskin. Fig. 168, 169,^^ 
Synonymical Catalogue Rhopaloeera Australia, g. 63, 1891. 
O’. Above. Eorewing pale blue: costa narrowly and termen broadly, dull black: a central area, not 
quite reaching dorsum, Avhite: cilia dull black, willi lips faintly whitish at torniis. Hindwing Avhite; 
base and area la, i>ale blue; termen dull black Avitli a series ot' rings, Avliitish: cilia dull black Avith 
tips Avhitisb. 
Beneath. Eorewing silky white: a faint streak at end of cell, a series of irregular discal spots, 
and a series of faint terminal spots, jmie broAvu. Hindwing silky Avhite: a series of four basal spots, 
in area v, lower edge of cell, area la, and area Ic, brown-black: a very faint streak at end of cell, 
brown: a A’ery irregular series of small discal spots, brown; termen Avith a series of faint sj^ots, broA\m. 
$. Above. Eorewing dull black: base, not reaching costa, dull blue: a central area I'eachiug dor¬ 
sum, Avhite: cilia dull black. Hindwing as in male: base and area la, obscurely dull black. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Kuranda 2 3 4 5 0 7. 34 23 $ . 
Genus NESOLYCAENA AVaterhouse and Turner. 
Broceediugs Liimean Society N. S. Wales 1904, p. 801 (1905). 
Eorewing A\lth vein 11 straight and free from A'ein 12: A*ein 6 arising from upper apex of cell. 
Hindwing Avith termen rounded; A*eiii 3 from AV’^ell before loAver aj^ex of cell: A^ein la A’ery short. Eyes 
smooth: antennae A’ery short. 
Type. Nesolycaena alhosericea Miskin. 
Both in structure and ai3pearance this species has aninities Avith the Fieridae, 
84. Nesolycaena alhosericea Miskin. Fig. 184, 193. 
Synonymical Catalogue R}ioi)alocera Australia, i). 65, 1891. 
(?. Above. Eorewing silky AA’hite: apex and termen narrowly dull black: cilia grey. Hindwing silky 
white: a terminal line, dull black; cilia grey. 
Beneath dull brown. 
o. Aboa’e. Eorewing silky AA’hite tinged blue: base dusted dull blue; ai^ex broadly, and termen, dull 
black: cilia grey. Hindwlng silky Avhite tinged blue: base dusted dull blue: termen obscurely grey: 
cilia grey. 
Beneath dull brown. 
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