LYCAENINAE 
97 
NACADUBA 
N. ancyra florinda Butler. Tig. 318,320, 321. 
Annals Magazine Natural r±istory IS77, xx, o. 354. 
'^browr-'^ermprn3-n, lined brown: cilia brown. Hindwing lilac: costa dull 
L base narroMy wbillh. subtornal spots unequal, small, brown: cilia brown, 
/""'■‘'"■“IS Srey: termen broadly sull'used whitish: markings typical, brown edged 
subc'uuial Mnd'slllu ^*T' broadly suffused whitish: markings typical, brown edged whitish: 
subLaiulal and subtornal spots, unequal, small, black crowned orange. 
^wint'*brmvn^'T«M!on central area, reaching base and dorsum, blue: cilia grey. Hind- 
2l Xtisi^ with a series of obscure spots, brown faintly 
Whitish, a subcaudal spot, brow'ii-black crowned orange: cilia grey. 
Bkxeatji as in male. 
^^"^0 iwAlmminlr ^ Brisbane 2 3 4 5 0 9. liichmond R. 1 2 3 4 9 
Manning H. J . lllawarra. 12 o'* 9 $ . 
and 32T'^H!o^rbffprl^^^” but differs beneath. Two forms of the female are shown in figures 320 
and 321, the dilteience in the extent of the blue areas above being probably seasonal. 
127. Nacaduba hermus Felder. (Amboina). 
Ihe races of tins species are all easily recognised by the very pointed apex of the forewing. 
127a. N. hermus hyllus nov. Fig. 349, 350,(^1) 
'^ cib't^hrnuM, purplish: termen narrowly lined brown-black: 
brown dlia brown"brown; base tinged purplish: costa brown; termen narrowly lined 
K,. pale brown: markings ty]iical, brown faintly edged whitish. Hindwing pale 
bl^^ck Prow^'T"® typical, brown faintly edged whitish; subcaudal spot large, subtornal spot minute. 
DiacK crow'ned yeilow-browm. 
brown-black: an obscure small central area, reaching base and dorsum, faintly 
rin-s whiidi Hindwing brown-black: a .series of subterniinal 
brown ^ subcaudal spot, black edged whitish: termen narrowly lined black: cilia yellow- 
vplWhrp,“' yellow-brown: markings as in male, yellow-brown. Hindwing pale 
5 ello^\-bro^\ll: markings as m male, yellow-brown. ^ 
Loc. Cape York 1 . Cooktown 10 12 . 3o^ I 5 . 
We have only one example of the female and this was taken in a different locality to the males, but 
^\e are conhdent they are correctly sexed. ^ 
128. Nacaduba atrata Horsfield. (Java). 
128a. N. atrata herenice Herrieli-Scliaeffer. Fig. 281, 282, 283, 
Stettiiier Entomologischo Zeitung 1869, p. 74. 
,Borewing dull lilac: base narrowly bluish: termen narrowly lined brown: cilia grey-brown 
amdwmg dull lilac: base narrowly bluish: costa dull brown: termen narrowly lined brown; cilia o-rev- 
brown. 
Bexeath. Forewing pale brown: markings typical, pale brown edged brown and then wbitisli 
Hmdwing pale brown: markings typical, pale brown edged dark brown and then whitish: subcauual 
S])ot large, subtornal spot minute, black crowned yellow-brown. 
§. Above. Forewing brown-black: a large central area, reaching base and dorsum, variably ]iale blue, 
darker towards base: cilia grey-brown. Hindwing brown-black: a variable central area, rekcbing base, 
pa e blue, darker towards base: termen with a series of distinct rings, whitish, that in area 2 enelosino- 
a large subcaudal spot, black: cilia grey-brown. * 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Darnley Is. 4 5 (1 12. MiUTay Is. 9. Cooktown 11. Ingham 5. Townsville 4 7 10 11. Mackay 
1 - 3 4 10. Elds void 2 3. Brisbane 2 3 4 5 0 7. Richmond R. 1 2 3 4 5 HO. Manning R 3 
41o' 32 2 . *= ■ 
