( 512 ) 



border uf wing only o niiu. wide at vein 7, and '.'j mm. at vein 1''. Hlaik disra| 

 sj)ot larger than in cj . 



Underside as above, hnl band of liindwiug saltVoii-yellow. tinged with red 

 between veins l*" and 3. 



Head and thorax above metallic greenish blue ; rest of body black, with 

 scarcely any metallic gloss. Base of abdominal segments 4 to 7 yellow laterally, 

 ventral plates of segments 4 to 6 all yellow. 

 Size as in elcf/ans Rothsch. 



Uab. New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago, 2 S S,\ ¥ (Capt. H. C. Webster, 

 February and March 1897). 



11. Milionia meforana s]). nov. 



(?. Wings above black, faintly bluish in side light. Forewings crossed by a 

 broad median band reaching from costal to inner margin, the extreme edge of the 

 margins remaining black, 6J mm. wide in front, 7 mm. in middle, 4 mm. behind, 

 outer edge more, inner edge less arched. A snbapical patchlike band between 

 veins 3 and 7, indented at the veins, almost 7 mm. wide between veins 5 and 6, not 

 touching vein 3 ; a spot in hinder angle before vein 1, ovate. All these markings 

 yellow, faintly edged with red. 



Hindwing with a wide discal yellowish red area, which is more yellow basally at 

 abdominal margin ; this area extends from abdominal margin, which is black only 

 at base and at ontcr angle, to vein 7, and is 1 1 mm. wide posteriorly and (i mm. in 

 front : its outer edge evenly and slightly convex. A small dot at aj)ex of cell 

 black. 



Underside as above. Discal area of hindwing, however, saffron-yellow, slightly 

 tinged with red outwardly, and deeply sinuate between vein 2 and abdominal margin. 



Head and thorax above blue-black. Underside black, with an olive-green gloss. 

 Abdomen yellow, first and seventh segments black. 



Wings shaped as in S of M. elegaus Rothsch., doherVji Rothsch., and tuebsteri 

 sp. nov. 



?. Like i in colour; subapieal band of forewing broader behind, a small 

 additional spot behind vein 3. Discal black dot of hindwing larger than in i : 

 discal area below more reddish outwardly, its onter edge not sinuate, merely faintly 

 concave. Seventh abdominal segment blackish only at tip. 



Size as in ele<jaiis Rothsch. 



Ilab. Sner, Mefor Island, Geelvink Bay, Dutch New Guinea, 1 <?, 1 ? (W. 

 Dohert}-, May and June 1897). 



Both sexes closely resemble the ? of websteii ii\>. Udv., but are easily dis- 

 tinguishi'd liy tlic yellow abdomen and the more extended markings of the wings. 



12. Milionia cyauifera gilolensis ^ubsll, nov. 



S. Dill'crs from ii/cdtifora ri/dm/era in the banil of the forewing being broader 

 (8 mm. in middle), and standing closer to hinder angle. Tip of abdomen without 

 yellow hairs. 



Ilab. Halmahera, 1 6 (W. Doherty, August 1893). 



iiuTE.— iMi/wiiiaJ/afoloi/'i/n Pagenst., Eiit. JS'aclii: 1896. p. 58, and Abli. Senh. 

 Sat. Oes. 1897. p. 457. n. 485. t. 19. f 5, from Batjan, is Bocintza ;rr«/(«/re Walker, 

 Lep. Net. XXI. p. 194 (1864), which was described from Batjan and Gilolo, and 



