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of the sea on to the beach ; Plate VII., an udnlt female (cow) on the shore : Plate 

 VIII., a bull freshly killed. 



Measurements of specimens : 



Bull No. 1 



» V «^ 



„ skeletou No. 



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Cow No. 4 

 ., „ 5 . 

 .. „ (i . 



The nine animals were obtained between June 2ud and 17th, 1907, on 

 Guadalonpe Island, off the west coast of Mexico. 



A XEW LYCAENID FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 



By dr. K. .JORDAN. 



Hypochrysops taeniata spec. nov. 



?. Upperside resembling that of H. airliitas ISalv. (1891) from Fanro Island, 

 Solomons, but the hindwing metallic blue In and below the cell. 



Underside. — The costal and apical areas of the forewiug as well as the whole 

 hindwing metallic green, with very narrow clayish yellow bands ; the costal edge 

 and a streak in the cell of the forewing also clayish yellow, the disc below the cell 

 being white and the anal area of this wing blackish, us is also the base below the 

 cell ; between the green snbmargiual sjiots and the clayish yellow discal band there 

 is a broad green band. The hindwing with five clayish yellow bands, inclnsive of 

 the marginal one, the first three thinly edged with black on both sides, the outer 

 twii only on the inside, these bauds abuut one-third tlie width of the green metallic 

 interspaces, only the fourth band widening a little behind, becoming very thin 

 towards the costa, and only the submarginal iutersjiace being about as narrow 

 as the bands. 



Hah. San Ohristoval, Solomons. 



A series of ? ? obtained by A. S. Meek in April and Blay 1908. 



