THECLINAE 
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lALMENUS 
$. Above as m male : central areas not so clearly defined and metallic blue instead of metallic gi-een. 
Beneath as in male; markings usually not quite so obscure. ' 
Log. ^ borne l Ulj. Castleinaine 2 3 9. Adelaide 2 12. Bridgetown 2. Perth. Watlieroo 11. 
(jeraldton 11. Cue. Carnarvon. Forteseue E. 24a' 11$. 
riie Mndwing is without a tail, but vein 2 is strongly toothed: the markings beneath are usuallv 
very obscure and sometimes absent. 
This is the smallest species of the genus. Ilewitson described the male as blue, but the colour Avhen 
compared with Hiat of tlie temale is distinctly green. We consider lalmenus dementi Druce (Proc. Zool. 
boe. 1JU-, 11 . 1 ). 1^0, pi. XI, ng. 9), a synonym, described from small and faded specimens. 
183. lalmenus inous Hewitson. Fig. (4^ 449. 
Illustrations Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, p. 54, pi. 24, tig. 1, 2, 1865. 
<?>. Abov^e. Forewing dark brown: a central area, reaching base and dorsum, metallic green: cilia dark 
brown Avith tips Avhitish. Hindwdng dark broAvn: a central area, reaching base, metallic green: a 
terminal line, black: toriial spots irregular, large, black croAvned reddisli orange; cilia dark hroAVn Avith 
tips Avhitish. 
Beneath. Forewing pale broAvn: markings typical, broad, broAvn edged Avlutish: a broad subterminal 
band, broAA’n edged whitish, and Avitb inner edge often enlarged to a band of faint lumilar spots; termen 
with a broad band, broAvn. HinclAAung pale broAvn; markings tj^pieal, broad, broAvn edged AAdiitisb: a 
broad subterminal band, broAvn edged Avbitisb, Avilb inner edge enlarged to a band of faint lunular 
spots; termen broadly broAvn: tornal spots as above. 
2. Above as in male: central areas not so clearly defined, and metallic blue instead of metallic green. 
Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Yallingup 11. Waroona 1 10 11 12. Kellerberrin. Carnaiwon. 35^ 10$. 
This is a sligldly larger and much darker species than I. icilius, and the markings beneath are much 
more distinct. The bindAAung is Avitbout a tail but A'ein 2 is strongly toothed. 
Genus PROTIALMENUS nov. 
ForeAving AA'itb A^ein 11 free from A^ein 12: A’ein S from A’ein 7 near apex in the male, but absent in the 
female: vein 6 usually from cell close to A’ein 7 but sometimes Avell apart from vein 7. HindAving pro¬ 
duced toAvards tornus: termen dentate: sometimes Avitb a broad bent tail to vein 2: anal lobe well 
deA’eloped. Eyes smooth. 
Type. Frotialmenns iciinns HeAA’itson. 
Foodplaxt. Acacia. 
This genus is erected for the ancestral forms of lalmemiSy in Avbicb vein 8 of the forewing lias not 
yet been lost in the male. P. is A’ery similar in general appearance aboA’e, to lalmenus daemeli 
and P. lithochroa to lalmenus icilius. Zesius chrysomalhts from India, though structurally A'ery closely 
allied to FrotiahnenuSy is superficially A’ery dissimilar. 
184. Protialmenus ictinus Hewitson. Fig. 450, 457. 
Illustrations Diurnal Lepidoptera Lycaeniclae, p. 54, pi. 24, fig. 0, 7, 8, 1805. 
o’. Above. Forewing broAvn: a central area, reaching base and dorsum, metallic green: a narroAv fainf 
bar at end of cell, broAV’n: cilia broAvn Avitb tiiAS Avbitisb. HindAving broAvn: a central area, reaching 
base, metallic green: sometimes traces of a discal band of linear spots, brown: sometimes traces of a 
series of faint cloudy subterminal spots, AA’bitisb: tornal s])ots irregular, black croAvned dull orange- 
red : termen A\ltb a naiTOAV inner line, whitish: cilia AA’bitisb. 
Beneath. ForeAving dull buff: markings typical, narrow, black narroAA’ly and faintly edged AA’bitish: 
a narroAv subterminal band, broAvn edged wliitisli: termen Avith a narroAv line, black, and an inner band 
dull chestnut brown. HindAving dull buff: markings typical, narrow, black narroAvly edged Avhitish: a 
Subterminal band, pale broAvn shading darker toAvards dorsum, edged Avbitisb, Avitb tlie inner edge some¬ 
times enlarged to a band of faint lunular spofs: termen as on foreAving: tornal spots as aboA’e. 
9. Abo\’E as in male: central areas not so clearly defined, and metallic blue instead of metallic gi'een. 
Bene.ath as in male. 
Loc. Kuranda 1 5. Herberton 1 12. Rockliampfon 2 12. Eidsvold 1. Brisbane. Alanning R. 3 . 
Sydney 1 4 11. Blue Mts. 1 2 12. Condobolin 11. Tallarook. Malmsbury. 30 "27 $. 
