( 440 ) 



Vein SC of forewing free. 



Length of forewing : <S , 15—16 mm. ; ? 20 — 21 mm. 



Ilab. New Guinea.- Two local races. 



20a!. Herpa albivitta fiunosa Rothsch., snbsp. nov. 



d. Band of forewing curveil, its inner edge crossing M just at base of M' : 

 basi-median area of hindwing smoky grey above, reaching base ; body above dark 

 metallic green. 



Nab. Dorey, Dntch N. Guinea, June 1897 (W. Doherty), Itf. 



20b. Herpa albivitta albivitta Rothsch. 



cJ. Band of forewing straight from (' to M' or SM', crossing M a little beyond 

 M' ; hindwing with a white patch above, which does not reach the base ; body 

 above greenish bine, abdomen with few metallic scales, pnrjilish black. 



? . See above. 



Hab. Milne Bay, British New Guinea, a series of both sexes, collected by A. S. 

 Meek in November and December 1898. 



21. Herpa acrita Rothsch., sp. nov. 



9 . Bofly above metallic greenish blue, breast and femora also scaled greenish 

 blue, abdomen beneath pale buif ; middle branches of antennal joints about 

 1^ mm. long. 



Wings above purplish black. Forewing : metallic blue scales at base, 



especially upon SC ; a white band of nearly even width, 3 mm., gently curved, 

 expanding between costal and internal margin, bordered with blue at both sides, its 

 inner edge crossing M at base of M", its outer edge at SM', 2 mm. from tip of that 



vein. Hindwing : the greater part of the wing occupied by a white patch 



extending from SC to abdominal margin and almost reaching the base, externally 

 rounded, the black outer border of the wing tapering towards anal angle, 7 mm. 

 broad at R', just entering apex of cell, 2 mm. wide at SM". 



Underside as above, but much shot with metallic blue, except at outer margin. 



SC of forewing fused with C. 



Length of forewing : ? , 23 mm. 



Eab. Etna Bay, Dutch New Guinea, July 1896 (Capt. H. C. Webster), 1 ?. 



22. Herpa stigma Rothsch., sp. nov. 



$ . Body above blue, thorax and underside of abdomen purplish ; collar and tip 

 of abdomen orange. 



Wings above and below brownish black, somewhat diaphanous, rather obviously 

 reddish purple ; forewing with a white, somewhat oblique, spot between C and R', 

 not quite reaching costal edge, about 2 mm. from apex, diameters about li and 

 2 mm. Vein R' of forewing stalked with SC * ', R' and R' on a short stalk; 

 middle branches of antennae about 2 mm. long. 



Length of forewing : <?, 20§ mm. 



Hab. Toli-Toli, North Celebes, November— December, ISg.'i (H. Fruh- 

 storfer), 1 i. 



