LYCAENINAE 
PHILIRIS 
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88. Philiris kamerungae Waterhouse. 
88a. P. kamerungae kamerungae Waterhouse, Fig. 171, 
Proceedings Linneau Society N. S. Wales 1902, p. 650. 
0 ^. Aijovi^. Porewing: blue tinged purple: costa, apex and ternien, broadly dull black: an obscure 
cenlial patch, ;\yii o; cilia black Avith tips whitish, llindwing blue tinged purple: apex whitish: ter- 
men, and area lb, black: cilia white. ^ i i i 
liKXEATir. Porewing silky white. ITindwiiig silky while: a dot in area lb at about half, black: 
toruiis with a lerniinal line, black. 
Q. Ai.o\e. lorewiiig dull black; a variable central area, not quite reacliing dorsum, white faintly 
edged bine: base dusted blue: cilia dull black with tijis whitish, llindwing dull black: apex hroadl'y 
while: ciliii wiiite. 
Bkxeatii ns in male. 
hoc. Cairns 9. Kuranda 1 2 3 4 5 (i 0 10 11 12. 22 24?. 
881). P. kamerungae lucina nov. 
<?. Aisove. Forewing blue tinged greenish: costa, apex and tenneii, broadly dull black: an obscure 
central palch, white: cilia black with tips whitish. Hindwing blue tinged greenish: apex whitish: 
terinen and area lb, broadly dull black: cilia white. 
Beneath. Forewing silky wliite. Hindwing silky white: a dot in area Ih at about half, black: 
lornus with a terminal line, black. 
$. Abo\e. Porewing dull black: a central area, not quite reaching’ vein la, Avliite faintly edged 
gieeuish: base of area la, dusted greenish: cilia dull black with tips Avhitish. llindwing dull black: 
apex faintly whitish: cilia white. 
Bexeath as in male. 
Log. Cape York 3478 10, SefSg. 
This takes the place of P. kamerungae kamerungae in the far north. It may be recognised by the 
bioader dark margins and gTeenish colour of the male, and the restricted white areas and gi*eeiiish 
basal scales of the female. 
Genus CANDALIDES Hubner. 
Verzeiclmiss bekaunter Schmetterlinge, j). 73, 1816. 
Forewing with vein 11 straight and free from vein 12: costa more arched and termeii more rounded 
than in Philiris. Hindwing rounded: vein 3 arising Avell before lower apex of cell. Eyes smooth: palpi 
longer in Philiris. 
Type. Candalides xanihospilos Hubner. 
The pupae of C. ahsimiliSj C. gilheriij C. heatlii and C. hgacinthina are strikingly dift’ei’ent from 
the usual Lycaenid pujiae. They are much flattened, with the abdomen produced to lateral ridges, and 
the head furnished with two flattened jn’oeesses. (Fig. P338). 
The species grouped under Candalides form a somewhat heterogeneous collection. The type stands 
by itself with C. heathi its nearest ally. C. absimilis (the ty 2 }e of llolochila Felder, preoccupied), C. 
gilberti, C. helenita and C. margarita form a natural group comprising many species in l^ew Guinea 
and the islands to the westward. Another group, also occurring in New Guinea and the Aru Islands, is 
formed by C. erinuSy C. hgacinthina and C. acasta: these would belong to Swaiuson’s genus Erina (type 
C. eriniis). C. heathi and C. cgprotus are somewhat isolated, though heathi is clearly allied to 
xanthospilos and cgprotus to hyacinthina. 
89. Candalides xanthospilos Hubner. Fig. 185, 186, 
Sammlung Exotischer Sebnietterlingo 1806, i)l. 99. 
c?. Above. Forewing brown-black: a central patch, bright yellow margined dull purple: cilia black 
with tips white. Hindwing brown-black tinged dull purple: cilia white. 
Beneath. Forewing silky white: tennen often Avith a series of dots, black. Hindwing silky Avliite: 
two dots at end of cell, and a dot in area la beloAV middle of cell, black: terinen with a series of 
dots, black. 
