THECI^INAE 
128 
lALMENTJS 
$ . Above and Beneath as in male: termen of forewing more convex. 
Loc. Dnaringa 3. Eidsvold 12 3. 4d^ 29 . 
This race is still very poorly rej^resented in Australian collections. 
180c. I. evagoras eichhorni Staiulinger. Fig. 455, (4^ 
Exotischc Schmetterlinge, p. 275, 1888: Druce, Proceedings Zoological Society Bondon 1902, ii, p. 120, pi Xl 
fig. 11. 
, Above, Eorewing greV“hrown: a large central area, reaching base and dorsum, metallic green, a 
bar at end of cell, daiOv biwn: a baud of obscure subterminal spots, whitish: cilia grey-brown with 
tips whitish. Hindwing grey-brown: a large central area, reaching base, metallic green: a band of 
linear discal S2‘)ots, brown: a l)and of small sublerminal spots, whitish: tornal spots iriegular, black, 
croAvned dull red: termen AAuth a narroAV inner line, AA’hitish: cilia A\hitish. 
Beneath. ForeAving pale huff: markings typical, black; cell bars usually broad, discal band 
narroAA': a narroAV' subterminal band, broAAm-blaek: termen A\uth a broad line, black, and an inner band, 
bright chestnut broAAui. HindAving pale huff: markings typical, narroAA^, black: subterminal band and 
termen as on foreAAung: tornal spots as aboA'^e. 
Q. Aboa^e as in male: central areas not so clearly defined and metallic bine instead of metallic green. 
Beneath as in male. 
Log. Cape York 5 6 7 S 9 10 11. CooktoAvn. 37 cf’ 19 9 . 
This subspecies is distinguished from evagoras and euhiilus hy its smaller size and darker central 
areas aboA'e, and from all sjiecies of the genus by the much darker suhterminal band heneatb. 
181. lalmeniis daemeli Semper. Fig. 442. 
Museum Godetfroy Lopidoptera 1878, p. 165: Bruce, Proceedings Zoological Society London 1902, ii, p. 120 
pi. XT, fig. 10, 12. 
o’. Aboa^e. ForeAvirg broAvn: a central area, reaching l)ase and doi’sum, metallic green: a narroAV faint 
bar at end of cell, broAvn: cilia broAvn AAuth tips wbitisb. IlindAving broAvn: a central area, reaching 
base, metallic gi'een: sometimes traces of a discal band of linear spots, brown: sometimes traces of a 
series of faint cloudy subtermiual spots, Avhitisli: tornal spots irregular, black croAvned dull orange- 
red: termen with a naiTOAv inner line, whitisli: cilia whitish. 
Beneath. Foi’ewing dull buff: markings typical, pale broAvn edged whitish: a narrow suhterminal 
band, pale broAAua edged AA’liitish: termen witli a narroAV line, black, and an inner band, dull chestnut 
broAA’u. HindAving dull buff: markings typical, pale broA\m edged AAdiitish; a siibterminal band, pale 
broAvn sliading darker toAvards dorsum, edged Avliitish and Avitli inner edge sometimes enlarged to a band 
of faint Innular spots: termen as on foreAving: tornal spots as aboA'e. 
Q. Above as in male: central areas not so clearly defined, and metallic blue instead of metallic green. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Cairns. Kockhampton 1 2 10 11 12. Eidsvold 12. Brisbane. Esk 2. 36o'’ 20 9. 
Structurally distinct from P. icfinnsj though A^ery similar in appearance aboA'e: the ants attending the 
larvae and pupae are a distinct species from those associated Avith tlie early stages of P. icUmis. The 
hindwing is not quite so strongly toothed and tailed as in the previous s]meies. 
182. lalmenus icilius Hewitson. Fig. 445, 446, (4^ 
Illustrations Diurnal T^epidoptcra, Lycaenidae, p. .54, pi. 24, fig. 3, 1865, 
o’. Above. ForeAving smoky broAAui: a variable, sometimes small, central area, reaching base and dor¬ 
sum, metallic green: cilia broAAui Avith ti]is Avhilish. HindAving smoky brown: an ill-defined central 
area, reaeliing base, metallic green: a terminal lino, broAvn-black; tornal spots irregular, small, black 
eroAvned dull orange: cilia broAAm Avith tips Avliitish. 
Beneath. EoreAAung dull pale brown: markings typical, obscure, pale broAvn sometimes very 
narroAvIy and faintly edged AAdiitish, sometimes entirely merged in the colour of the Aving; a narrow 
suhterminal band and a broad terminal line, pale brown, sometimes entirely merged in the colour of 
the Aving. HindAving dull jAale broAvn: markings typical, obscure, pale broAvn, sometimes very 
narrowly and faintly edged Avhitish, sometimes entirely merged in the colour of the wing: a narrow 
subterminal band, and a l)road terminal line, pale hroAvn, sometimes entirely merged in the colour of 
the Aving: tornal spots as above. 
