394 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 



139. Epimastidia dampierensis sp. nov. 



Closely allied to inops Feld. 



cf . Above. Differs in the purer and mnch Vjrighter bine, not so ranch snffnsed 

 with violet, and in the wider black margins ; on the hindwings l)etweeu veins 2 

 and 3 and 3 and 4 the black margin projects into the blue in a cone-shaped 

 excrescence, a character not or hardly perceivable in inops. 



Beloio. The dark outer and marginal portions of both wings are broader and 

 much more sharply defined, of a blackish slate-colour, while in the type of inops 

 these dark portions are dirty chocolate brown : this may however be due to age and 

 fading. The inner of the two submarginal rows of spots on forewing is very broad, 

 entirely coalescent, and deep black. On the hindwing this inner band consists of 

 a wide coalescent row of large black arrowhead-like marks, while the outer consists 

 of rounded spots edged with blue; the white bauds are very much narrower and 

 fainter. 



?. Above. Entirely sooty black; on the forewing the base is suifused with 

 blue and a discal white patch reaches from vein .'i to vein 1. On hindwing basal 

 third obliquely white suffused at base with grey and metallic blue. 



Length of forewing : $ 17-21 mm., ? 17-19 mm. 



Expanse: $ 37-45 mm., ? 37-41 mm. 



5 (?c?, 3 ? ?, Dampier Island. 



140. Thysonotis epicoritus (Boisd.) 



Damis epicoritus Boisduval, Votj. Astr. Lep. p. 67 (1832) (New Guinea). 



1 cJ, 1 ?, Vulcan Island ; 1 ?, Dampier Island. 



141. Thysonotis hymetus manusi subsp. nov. 



cJ. Differs from hjmetus hi/metus Feld. in the much broader black margins to 

 the wings. 



? . Differs from h. hymetm by the large metallic blue area in the basal third 

 of both wings above. 



4 (?(?, 2 ¥ ?, Manus, Admiralty Islands. 



142. Thysonotis hamilcar Gr. Smith 



Thyionoth hamilcar Grose Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiv. p. 25 (1894) (New Britain). 



2 cJc?, 7 ? ?, Mauus, Admiralty Islands. 



143. Thysonotis hanno Gr. Smith 



Thysonotis hanno Grose Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hid. (G) xiv. p. 25 (1894) (New Britain). 



4 <?<?, 3 ? ?, Dampier Island; ?4 (JtJ, 4 ? ?, Vulcan Island. 



144. Thysonotis dispar latifascia subsp. nov. 



S. Above. Differs from (/. dispar Gr. Smith in the mnch wider white band 

 on hindwing. 



