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defined, and the diseal irroration of bine scales is more restricted to the apical 

 portion of those wings. 



The underside is also very close to T. lanipros; the blue costal streak of the 

 anterior and tlie white band of the posterior wings arc comparatively narrower. 



Fkmale. — L'pperside : also closely resembles the same sex of 7'. lampros, bnt 

 the pale bands ou both wings are rather more conspicuous and more clearly defined. 



Expanse of wings : I ^ inches. 



Ilab. Kiriwini, Trobriand Islands (Meek). 



In the Tring JIusenm. A good series was sent in the same consignment as T. 

 lampros; the very much smaller size (about one-half smaller) constitutes the main 

 difference between the two species, if indeed they are distinct, of which 1 am 

 doubtful. 



8. Thysonotis coelinus sji. uov. 



Male. — Upperside : both wings duller blue than in T. coelixs Feld. and T. 

 h>/»ietus Feld., the mule of which latter species it closely resembles, but the black 

 marginal band on the posterior wings is wider towards the anal angle and the wings 

 are less elongate. 



Underside : differs from T. hymetus on the anterior wings in its white diseal 

 band being narrower and apj)roaching nearer to the apex. On the posterior wings 

 the white band is also rather narrower; the metallic submarginal band is more 

 azure-blue, and its inner and outer edges are straight, not lunulate as in 7". Ii>/metus, 

 the spots in the band being quadrate instead of lunulate. 



Fejule. — Upperside : both wings dull glossy brown, with a bluish suffusion 

 towards the base, which on the anterior wings e.xtends over an indistinct narrow pale 

 area representing the white band on the underside and ceasing on the upper median 

 nervule. On the posterior wings the pale area is subbasal and indistinct. 



Underside : with the white bauds on both wings very much narrower than in 

 Dr. Folder's figure of that se.^ of 7'. /v/metus, and on the anterior wings the white 

 bands do not approach so closely to the apex. On the posterior wings the diiference 

 between the azure-blue coloration of the metallic submarginal band of T. coelinus 

 and the greenish lilue of T. Iti/metus is very marked. 



Expanse of wings : a little over 1| inches. 



Ilab. Fergnsson Island (Meek). 



In the Tring Museum and Mr. Grose-Smith's collection (types <?, ? ). The 

 females of this species diff"er very much from those of 2\ hjmetus. On the upper- 

 side they are not very unlike to T. ei'docia Druce, but the pale area is more 

 obscure and restricted than in that species, which moreover does not apjiear to have 

 any bluish sutfusion. 



9. Thysonotis olga sp. nov. 



Male. — Upperside: anterior wings with the outer fourth brownish black, the 

 costal margin narrowly and the base more broadly black, the black areas bordered 

 inwardly by a broad slightly metallic violaceous blue band which surrounds the 

 w hite area extending over the outer half of the cell and the middle of the wings to 

 the inner margin. Posterior wings with the outer fourth brownish black, in which, 

 towards the anal angle, are four metallic blue lunules between the veins; the inner 

 edge of the black band is indented in the middle, the indentation being filled by 



