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small, spot behind M'. Hindwing : basal two-thirds of costal margiu cream- 

 colour, a broad streak in cell also creamy, changing into jjale )-ellow distally, the 

 whole abdominal area yellowish cream-colonr, slightly shaded with fuscons purple, 

 a line before SM' fuscous pnrple, four discal spots pale yellow, the uppermost 

 between C and R' nearly rounded, the other three standing in a row between R^ and 

 M°, becoming gradually more elongate, spot R- — R' more distal than spot — R'. 



Length of forewing : S, 22 mm. 



Hab. Toli-Toli, North Celebes, November— December 1895 (H. Fruh stopfer), 

 1 c?. 



19. Herpa meeki Rothsch., Nov. Zool. III. p. 325. n. 12, ?. (1896) (Woodlark). 



<S. Smaller than ? ; body above all green, neck with a thin reddish ochraceons 

 ring, below creamy white, slightly yellowish in front, tibiae and tarsi brown, with 

 some blue scales. 



Wings above purplish black. Forewing : greenish blue at base, a creamy 



white band across disc, about 2i mm. broad in cell, rounded costally, tapering 



towards posterior angle, stopping at SM-, 2 mm. from tip of that vein. 



Hindwing : abdominal area metallic blue, but outer half or two-fifths of cellule 

 M' — SM' black ; a triangular patch across apex of cell creamy white, produced to 

 base behind costal margin. 



Underside more extended blue ; forewing with a blue spot near apex, hindwing 

 with a bine submarginal band. 



Length of forewing : 1 8 mm. 



Hab. Woodlark Island, 2 cJt?, 5 ? ? collected by A. S. Meek, partly in 1895, 

 partly in April 189". 



20. Herpa albivitta Rothsch., sp. nov. 



cf . Body above metallic green or blue, abdomen mor« black ; underside, breast 

 metallic green-bine, abdomen yellowish buff. 



Wings above. Forewing : purplish black, with a narrow creamy white band 



from C to SM', tapering behind, crossing M at_M' or'_be3-ond, posterior part shaded 



with purjjlish black scaling ; base with a short green streak. Hindwing black, 



not purple, a triangular patch from near base to M' or R^, posteriorly limited by 

 SM^, anteriorly by the cell-vein, either smoky grey or white. 



Underside black, lioth wings with metallic blue scaling, especially in costal 

 area, outer marginal area not bine, band of forewing broader and longer, patch of 

 hindwing wider than above, white. 



Vein SC of forewing free, or anastomosed with C, or fused with it. 



■ ? . Larger than S. Wings above. Forewing purplish black, streaked with 



metallic green at the base ; a broad white band from costal to internal margin in 

 middle of wing, somewhat dilated basad j)osteriorly, about 5 mm. broad, the band not 



reaching the extreme edges of the wing. Hindwing all black, or abdominal area 



grey, especially towards anal angle, this grey scaling condensed between base of 

 M= and SM^ to a white patch, or the wing all black with an indication of the white 

 patch behind base of ,Ml 



Underside. Forewing : band wider than above, base and disc at outside of 



band metallic blue. Hindwing shaded with metallic blue, but outer margin and 



a space of variable width before middle black, the grey and white scaling as above, 

 or more extended, mostly absent. 



