LYCAENINAE 
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liAMPIDES 
142. Lampides boeticus Linne. (Europe). 
142a. L. 'boeticus damoetes Eabrieius. Fig. 285,(2^ 287. 
Systema Entomologiae^ p. 526^ 1775. 
Above. Foiwiug purplish lilac covered with long hairs, whitish: base blue: termen narrowly brown: 
uha giejish. Hindu mg puiplish lilac, covered with long hairs, whitish: base blue: costa and termen 
narrowly brown: an obscure subeaudal and subtornal spot, small, black: cilia greyish white. 
BENEATir. Eorewiiig pale grey-brown: markings typical, wliitisb broadly edged brown and then 
narrowly edged whitish: a subterminal band, whitisli: termen with a band of obscure rings, faintly 
iihitish. Hnubvmg pale brown: inarkings typical, narrowly and faintly whitish, broadly edged 
biouii and then narrowly and faintly edged whitish: a broad subterminal band, white: termen with a 
senes of obscure rings, whitish, those in areas la and 2, black dusted metallic green and crowned 
pale orange. ® 
Q. Above. Forewmg brown: an obscure large central area, reaeliing dorsum, suffused pale blue: base 
bue: ciha greyish white. Hmdwmg brown: an obscure large central area, suffused pale blue: base 
blue: termen with a series of obscure rings, whitisli, those in areas la and 2, large, black: cilia greyish 
Bexeath as in male. 
rx)C. Thursday Is. 3. Prince of Wales Is. 3 5 7. Darnley Is. 6. Murray Is. 8 f). Kuranda C. 
Ingham o 9. Townsville 0. IMaekay 2. Eidsvold 2 3. Brisbane 5 0 10. Manning R. 3 Svdnev 1 
2 ,14.0 6 10. Wandm 12 . iMelbouriie 3 10 12. Gisborne 0 10 11 . Castlemaine 9 10. Birchip. 
Kerang. Carnarvon. Danvin 12. 31 32 9 . 
Genus CATOCHE.YSOPS Boisduval. 
Voyage Astrolabe Lepidoptera, p. 87, 1832, 
Forewing witli vein 11 free from vein 12, but bent towards and touching it. Hindwing with termen 
slightly produced at tornus: with a long filamentous tail to vein 2. Eyes hairy. 
Type. Calochri/so^JS sirabo Fabricius, from Java. 
143. Catochrysops platissa Herricb-Seliaeffer. Fig. 303, (Hmj 305. 
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 1869, p. 74, pi. 4, fig. 20. 
d’. Above. Forewing pale grej^-blue: costa dusted white: termen narrowly lined brown: cilia grey. 
Hindwing pale grey-blue: termen narrowly lined brown: a small subeaudal spot, black: cilia grey. 
Bexeath. Forewing greyish white: markings typical, pale brown faintly edged whitish: cell spjot 
absent. Hindwing greyish \vhite: markings typical, pale brown faintly edged whitisli: a pair of sub¬ 
costal spots in area 7, brown-black ringed whitisli: subeaudal spot large, subtornal spot small, obscure, 
l)lack crowned pale orange. 
9. Above. Forewing grey-brown; a A'ariable central area, reaching base and dorsum, pale blue, darker 
towards base; cilia grey. Hindwing grey-brown; a variable central area, reaching base, pale blue: a 
series of obscure subterminal spots, whitish: termen with a series of obscure rings, whitish, and a 
large subeaudal spot, black crowned orange: cilia grey. 
Bexeath as in male. 
Log. Cape York 4 5 7 8 9 11. Prince of Wales Is. 5. Banks Is. 2 3. Darnley Is. 4 5 6. Murray 
Is, 9. Claudie R. 1. Cooktown 10 11. Cairns 6 7 8 10. Kuranda 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. 
Atherton 12. Herberton 1 2. Chillagoe 3. Ingham 5 9. Townsville 10 11. Mackay 2 3 4 8 9 11 
1-. Brisbane 2 3, Byron Bay. Daly R. 4. Darwin 4 9. 54cP 23$. ^ 
A series of females bred in July have very large central areas above, bluish white: these areas arc 
much smaller, and not whitish, in females cauglit in February. 
144. Catockrysops amasea nov. 
Above. Forewing dull lilac-blue: termen faintly brown: cilia broAvn. Hindwing dull lilac-blue: 
termen faintly brown; a small subeaudal spot, dull black: cilia broAvn. 
Bexeath. ForeAving dull greyish Avhite: markings typical, grey-broAvn faintly edged Avhitish: cell 
spot absent. IlindAving dull greyish Avhite: markings typical, grey-broAvn faintly edged Avhitish: a 
pair of subcostal dots in area 7, broAvn ringed Avhitish; a subeaudal snot black eroAAmed pale orange. 
