( 435 ) 



Underside black, both wings with a metallic bine subapical hand. Foro- 



wing : yellow band mncli broader than above, longer, almost reaching jwsterior angle 



of wing ; costal margin yellow from base to band, a yellow basal streak in cell. 



Hindwing : yellow area dilated basal ly to abdominal margin. 



?. Like c?, larger, band of forewing broader, reaching posterior angle, only the 

 extreme edge of the wing remaining black : yellow area of hindwing extended 

 basally to abdominal margin. On umlergirle the yellow band and area are also 

 wider than in S, the blue snbapical band developed to a complete submarginal 

 band ; costal edge of forewing bine at base, retinacninm yellow. Head, thorax, 

 and legs (above and below) more metallic bine than in S , face brown, with some 

 blue scales. 



Length of forewing : S , 13 mm. ; ?, 17 — 2(1 mm. 



Vein SO^ of forewing mostly present, stalked with SC^ and SC°, much more 

 distal than SC^ 



Hab. Milne Bay, British New Guinea, a number of specimens of both sexes, 

 collected by A. S. Meek in October, November and December 1898. 



11. Caprima obliqua Rothsch., sp. nov. 



(?. Bodi/ ahore metallic pansy jjurple ; abdomen less bright than thorax, more 

 coppery; head, except a patch upon occiput, underside of body, legs, yellow, 

 upperside of tarsi and the basal half or two-thirds of abdomen fuscous, with purple 

 gloss, shaft of antennae violet purple. 



Wings, upperside, black, shot with purple, especially in side-light. Forewing : 



two oblique, parallel, yellow bands, not reaching costal margin, the first 3 mm. 

 from base in front, stopping at SM''', the second somewhat broader, H mm. wide, 



rounded off at ends, crossing cell beyond base of M', stopping at M'-. Hindwing : 



a large yellow patch, rhomboidal, reaching base behind cell, borders of wing all 

 black, except extreme base of abdominal margin, the black outer border of even 

 width (f mm.) from M' to SM', suddenly widened before R^, the whole costal and 

 apical area, inclusive of upper part of apex of cell, black. 



Underside purplish black, yellow markings larger than above. 



?. Like (?, 3-ellow markings a little larger. 



Ri of forewing shortly stalked with SC =, SC absent. 



Length of forewing : c?, 12 mm. : ? , 12| — 14 mm. 



Ilab. Milne Bay, British New Guinea, November and December 1808 (A. S. 

 Meek), several specimens of both sexes. 



Easily distinguished from C. mutilata Walker, List. Lep. Het. Brit. Mm. xxxi. 

 p. 121 (1864) & 8winh., Cat. Lep. [let. Oxford L p. 61. n. 266. t. 2. f. 15 (1802), 

 by the colour of the head and legs and the narrow, oblique, antemedian band of the 

 forewing. 



12. Caprima aurantiaca Rothsch., sp. nov. 



i . Body above and below black, glossy blue, head (except a patch on occiput 

 behind antennae) and legs buflf, tarsi and end of tibiae fascous on upperside with 

 blue gloss. 



Wings above black, purple in side-light. Forewing : a large orange yellow 



patch H mm. from base, between costal and internal margins, not reaching edges 

 of wing, subrotundate, about 2 mm. broad, a second patch between SC' and M'', 



