LYCAENINAE 
99 
NACADUBA 
132. Nacaduba biocellata Felder. Fig. 322, 324. 
Reise Novara Lepidoptera, ii, p. 280, pi. 35, fig. 14, 1865. 
0 ^. AiiO\E. 1 orewiiig’ silky lilac: base dark blue: teriiien ^arro^yly broAvii: cilia grey-brown, llindwing 
silky lilac: base dark blue: tenneu narrowly brown: a pair of terminal spots in areas la and 2, brown: 
cilia grey-brown. 
Beneath. Forewing jiale yellow-brown; markings typical, obscure, yellow-brown edged brown and 
then wliitish; bar across cell absent. Hindwing pale brown: markings typical, pale brown edged brown 
and then faintly whitish: a pair of terminal spots in areas la and 2, black ringed pale yellow-brown. 
$. Auove. Forewing dull brown: base sometimes dusted blue: teinuen n.arrowly brown: cilia grey- 
brown. Hindwing ])ale brown: base sometimes dusted blue: termen narrowly lined brown: a pair of 
terminal sj^ots in ai'cas la and 2, black ringed palo yellow-brown : cilia grey-brown. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Kuranda 1. Ingham 5. Townsville 5 (i. iMackay 2 3 4 8 9. Eidsvold 3. Brisbane 1 5 12. 
Ehor 1 12. Hanning R. 3. Sydney 1 2 3 9 10 11 12. lllawarra 1 2 3 9. Blue Hts. 1 12. Pambula 
12. H andin 9 11. Gisborne 1 4 11 12. Castlemaine 9 10 11. Sea Lake, Dimboola 11. Adelaide 
(type). Kalgoorlie. \allingup 9. Waroona 4 5. Cunderdin 10. Roebourne. 57cr 41$. 
This Avidespread and abundant sj^ecies may be recognised by its small size, the absence of a tail, and 
the absence of a spot in middle of cell of forewing beneath. 
133. Nacaduba ios nov. Fig. 856, 857. 
o’. Above. ForeAving steely jiurple : termen narrowly broAvn : cilia broAvn. HindAving steely purple : 
costa brown: termen narroAAdy broAAm: cilia broAvn. 
Beneath. ForeAving grey-brown: markings typical, grey-broAvn faintly edged Avhitish: a double 
series of faint subtermiual spots, brown faintly edged Avhitish, HindAving gi’ey-broAvn: markings 
typical, grey-brown faintly edged whitisli: a pair of subtornal spots in areas la and 2, small, black 
edged AA’hitish. 
$. Above. Forewing brown-black: an obscure central area, reaching base and dorsum, dark blue: 
cilia grey-broAvn. HindAving broAvn-black: base tinged blue: cilia grey. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Tliursdaj' Is. 1. Banks Is. 2 3. 2(3^ 3$. 
A A'ery dingy tailless sj^ecies, with a resemblance beneath to the genus Jamides. 
Genus EVERES Hubner. 
Verzeichniss bekannter Sclimetterlinge, p. 69, 1816. 
ForeAving Avitli vein 11 anastomosed Avith vein 12 for a short distance, but Avitli basal and terminal 
portions free. HindAving Avith tei'men rounded: with a short filamentous tail to A’ein 2. Eyes smooth. 
Type. Everes argiades Pallas, from Europe. 
134, Everes argiades Pallas. Fig. 346,(^3i7X^^ 
Reise, i, Appendix, p. 472, 1771. 
c?. Above. ForeAving bluish lilac : termen obscurely broAvn : cilia grey. HindAving bluish lilac : costa 
and termen obscurely broAvn: termen Avith a series of ring's, Avhitish, those in area 2 and 3 centred 
black and eroAvned reddish orange: cilia gi’ey. 
Beneath. ForeAving greyish Avhite: a faint narrow bar at end of cell, and a series of faint diseal 
streaks, grey: traces only of a series of subterminal spots, greyish. HindAA’ing greyish Avhite: a faint 
narroAV bar at end of cell, and a series of faint discal streaks, greyish : tAvo dots in area 7, one in 
middle of cell, and one in area la, black: a tornal patch, broadlj^ orange-red, Avitli a subcaudal spot, 
and a spot in area 3, black. 
9 . Above. ForeAving grey: cilia greyish white. HindAving grey: termen Avitli a series of rings, Avhitish, 
those in areas 2 and 3 centred black and crowned reddish orange: cilia greyish Avhite. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Daruley Is. 1 2 12. Claudie R. 1. CooktoAvn 10 11. Kuranda 1 2 11 12. Atherton 3. Herber- 
ton 1. Chillagoe 3. ToAvnsA'ille 2 3 4 5 9. Mackay 3 4 5 9 10 11. Brisbane 2 4. Richmond R. 1 12.10 
Daly R. 4. 346^ 21 $ . 
Some examj^les of the females shoAv a central area on foreAving above, obscurely j^ale lilac. 
