LYCAENINAE 
87 
MIEETUS 
108. Miletus apelles Fabricius. Fig. 203, 204, 205. 
Systema Eutomolngiae, p. 524, 1775. 
cf’. Above. Forewing coppery orange: apex broadly, and terinen, black: cilia grev. Hindwing coppery 
orange: costa broadly black: terinen lined black: \-eins 2, 3 and 4, narrowly black: cilia gi-ey. 
Beneath. Forewing yellow-brown, towards dorsum paler: a costal streak at base, metallic green: 
a subcostal streak, coalesemg witli bar at end of cell, outlined metallic green: diseal baud only 
indicated by subcostal edgings, metallic green: termeii with a series of small spots, black dusted metallic 
p-cen. Jlindwing grey-brown: marking's typical, broad, irregular, bright red edged metallic green: 
terinen reddish orange inwardly etlged black and with a central line, metallic green. 
$. Above. Forewing pale coppery orange: costa, apex and termen, broadly brown-black: dorsum 
obscurely brown: cilia grey. Hiudwmg imle coppery orange: costa broadly brown-black: termen lined 
ulaek: veins 2, 3 and 4, broadly black: eilia gxey. 
Bexeath as in male. 
Log. Cape York 2 3 4 5 9 10 11. Thursday Is. 4. Prince of Wales Is. 5 0 7. Banks Is. 2 3. Cook- 
town 10 11. Cairns 1 2 3 4 10 12. Kuranda 1 2 3. ChiJlagoe 3. Townsville 1 2 4 5 9. Mackav 3 4. 
OScf’ 54$. 
Examples from ilMackay are much darker beneath than those from Cape York and the islands. 
109. Miletu^ hecalius Miskin. Fig. 217,(218X22^ 227. 
Transactions Entomological Society London 18S4, p. 94. 
o^. Above. Forewing rich purple: costa narrowly, apex and termen broadly, black: cUia dull black 
with tips greyish. Hindwing rich puriile: costa with termen broadly black: a tornal streak, reaching 
along veins 2 and 3, dull red; eilia grey. 
Beneath. Forewing yello-w: dorsum grey: a bar across middle of cell, a bar at end of cell, and a 
diseal baud, orange-red edged black and metallic green: termen obscui'ely orange-red, with a central 
series of dots, black dusted metallic green. Hindwing dark grej^-browii: bands typical, red narrowly 
edged metallic green: termen broadly red, with an interrupted central line, metallic green. 
$. Above. Forewing brown-black: a central patch, reaching base by a narrow streak along median 
vein, orange: eilia brown with tips grey. Hindwiug brown-black: a variable spot at end of cell, 
orange: veins 2, 3, 4 and 5, orange-red: a narrow terminal band, oi*ange-red: eilia grey. 
Beneath. Forewing* rich yellow: dorsum grey: markings as in male but paler. Hindwlng rich 
yellow: bands only indicated by small reddish spots faintly .edged metallic gveen. 
Log. Sydney 1 2 ^ 9 10 12. Wandin 1. Harracan 1. Toora. Gisborne 1. 62 d’ 50 $. 
Considerable variation occurs in the extent of the central orange patch of forewing of female above, 
and in the width of the red bands on the hindwing of female beneath. 
110. Miletus halyaetus Hewitson. Fig. 264, 855. 
Transactions Entomological Society London 1874, p. 350. 
d’. Above. Forewing brown: costa at base yellowish broAvn: a large central area, reaching base and 
dorsum, bright metallic ga-een: cilia greyisli. Hindwing bright metallic gi*een: costa broadly brown: 
termen nan’owly orange edged brown-black: eilia greyish. 
Beneath. Forewing orange-yellow: a large irregular spot in middle, and another near end of cell, 
bright metallic green narrowly edged black: a diseal spot from vein 4 to vein 6, with a spot above in 
base of area 6, bright metallic gi*een nan*owly edged black: a band of six large subterminal spots, each 
reaching in a point towai’ds termen, black, upper three centred bright metallic green. Hindwing 
orange-yelloAV: a basal, central, diseal and suhterininal series of large irregular spots, metallic green 
faintl}' and irregularly edged black. 
$. Above. Forewiug brown: costa yellowish brown: a central area, reaching base and dorsum, metallic 
bluish purple: a terminal band, orange: cilia whitish, at veins broadly brown. Hindwing metallic 
bluish purple: costa broadly browm: a terminal band, orange: cilia Avhitish, at veins broadly brown. 
Beneath as in male. 
Log. Geraldton 8 10 11. 12 ci’ 11 9 . ^V4iC 
The metallic maildngs beneath do not agree with the general pattern scheme of the genus, but we 
Can find no structural points to justify the separation of the species. 
