LYCAENINAE 
SO 
CANDALIDES 
Q . Above. ForcAvin" dull blaclv * a lur^e central patehj wliite r cilia black with tips faintly whitish. 
Hindwing grey-black: a central patchy reaching apex, white: cilia black with tips faintly whitish. 
Bexeath as in male. 
Log. Cape York 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12. Prince of Wales Is. 6. Claudie R. 1. Cooktown 12. 
Cairns 10 11. Kuranda 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 0 10 11 12. 36 o'’ 39 Q . 
This is the most easily recognised of the several species allied to C. ahsimilis. The green colour 
of the male above, and the absence of the blue scales on female above, separate it decisively: the dark 
streaks beneath are much less distinct than in its close allies. 
96. Candalides erinns Fabrlcius. Fig. 342, (34^ 
Systema Butoniologiae, p. 525, 1775. 
cf. Above. Porewing bronze broAvn: apex and termen obscurely brown: cilia brown with tips faintly 
Avhitisli. Hindwing bronze brown: termen obscurely and narrowly brown: cilia Avhitish. 
Beneath. PoreAving gi’eyish Avhite; a faint bar at end of cell, and an interrupted faint diseal 
line, brown: a series of obscure subterminal spots, broAAui. those in areas la and 2 , large and black. 
Hindwing greyish Avhite: markings typical, small, obscure, grey-broAvn. 
9. Aboat:. PoreAving dull broAvn: cilia broAvn Avith tips faintly AAdiitish. HindAving dull brown: cilia 
AA’bitisb. 
Beneath as in male. 
Log. Cape York 2 3 4 5 11. Prince of Wales Is. .5 6 7. Banks Ts. 2 3. Barnley Is. 4 5. Claudie R. 
1. CooktoAAm 10 11. Cairns 6 7. Kuranda 1 2 3 4 5 6 . Herberton 1. Tngliam 5. Tow’nsA'ille 3 5 7. 
jNfackay 9. Brisbane 2 3 9. ParAvin 3 4 9. 6 I 0 '’ 36 o. 
In this species blue scales aboA^e are entirely absent in the female. 
97. Candalides hyacinthina Semper. 
The larvae of this species feed upon the parasitic climbing plant, Cassi/ihae, and the hutterHie? 
are usually found in the neighbourhood of the foodplant. 
97a. C. hyacinthina eugenia nov. Fig. 340, 341, 
d^. Aboa^e. PoreAving dull bronze hrowui: termen narroAAly broA\m: cilia dull broAAm Avith tips faintly 
greyish. HindAving dull bronze hroAAm: termen narroAAdy^ hroAvn: cilia dull brown Avith tips greyish. 
Beneath. PoreAving grey: a faint streak at end of cell, and a faint interrupted diseal line. 
bi’OAvn: a series of subterminal dots, l)roAvn, those in areas la and 2 , large and black. Hindwin" 
grey: markings typical, small, obscure, l)roAvn. 
9. Above. PoreAving bronze broAvn tinged purple: eosta, apex and termen, dark brown: cilia as ic 
male. HindAving bronze broAvn tinged purple: costa and termen dark broAAm: cilia as in male. 
Beneath as in male. 
Log. Kuranda 1 2 3 4 5 7 11 12. Atherton 1. Rockhampton 12. 39 . 
Thougli it approaches C. erhius beneath, this is the northern race of C. liyacinihina. 
97b. C. hyacinthina hyacinthina Semper. Fig. 338,(3^ 
Museum Godeffroy I^epidoptera, p. 161, 1878. 
cf. Aboa’e. PoreAAung bronze broAvn tinged purple: termen obscurely broAvn: cilia dull brown with 
tips faintly Avhitisli. HindAving bronze hroAvn tinged purple: eosta and termen obscurely brown: 
cilia dull broAvn Avith tips greyish. 
Beneath. PoreAving grey^-brown: a faint streak at end of cell, and a faint interrupted diseal 
line, brown: a series of subterminal dots, broAvn, those in areas la and 2 . large and brown-blaek. 
HindAving grey-broAA’ii: markings typical, small, obscure, broAvn. 
9 . Aboa’E. PorcAAdng dull broAvn-black: a variable central area, reaching base and dorsum, purple: 
cilia as in male. HindAving dull broAvn-black: a variable central ai’ea, obscurely purple: cilia asm 
male. 
Beneath as in male. 
Log. Brisbane 1 2. Port Macquarie 10. Sydneys 1 2 8 9 10 11 12. IllaAvarra 1 2 3 9 12. Blue Mts- 
1 S 9 10 11. Pambula 12. Wandin 1 10 11 12 . Healesville 1 . Gisborne 12 . 40 0 ^ 212 • 
