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h. C. calida flavicollis. 



Hypocrita Jlavicollis Sellen, TijdscJir. Ent. xxii. p. 89. t. 7. f. 12. (1879) 

 (Celebes). 



Caprima calida, Hampson, l.c. 



c? ? . Black abdominal border of hindwing mncb narrower than tbe black basal 

 ai-ea of tbe forewiug, less than 1 mm. broad. The distal border of tbe bindwing is 

 rather narrower in tbe S than in the ? . 



Hab. Celebes : S. Celebes, Angust— September 1891 (W. Doherty), 2 9?; 

 Bonthain, 5000 to 7000ft., October 1895 (A.Everett), 1 ? ; Bua Kraeng, S. Celebes, 

 5000 ft., February 1890 (H. Frnhstorfer), 2 t?c?, 1 ?. 



c. C. calida calida. 



Caprima calida., Hampson, l.c. 



? . We have twelve specimens, all ? ? . Differs obviously from the Celebes 

 form in tbe broader black abdominal border to the hindwing. 

 Hah. Moluccas, New Guinea. 



30. Caprimima mixta- 



?. Caprima mixta, Hampson, l.c. t. 26. f. 16. (1900) (Mysol). 



$ . We have three ? ? , which agree with the above-cited description and fignre, 

 and a $ which belongs doubtless to tbe same species. This S differs from tbe 

 ? ? in the following main points : forecoxa white in front ; forewing strongly 

 elongate, more so than in $ of albicollis ; postcellular area of hindwing transparent. 



In Mus. Tring : Milne Bay, British New Guinea, xi. xii. 98. and ii. 99 (A. S. 

 Meek), 1 cj, 2 ? ? ; Kapaur, Dutch S.W. New Guinea, xii. 97 (W. Doherty), 1 ?. 



31. Caprimima caerulescens. 



Scaptesyle caerulescens Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 390. t. 12. f. 3. (1889). 



Caprima (?) caerulescens, Hampson, l.c. 



S ? . The type (?) is in tbe Tring Museum. It came from Guadalcanal Lately 

 we have received a series of both sexes from the same island. The species differs 

 from the other Caprimima in the pectinated antennae. The upper side of the head 

 and thorax and the base of tbe wing have a blue gloss. Tip of antenna pale 

 with white scaling. 



We unite here two very distinct forms under caerulescens. Intergradual races 

 will doubtless be discovered on some other islands of the Solomon group. 



a. C. caerulescens caerulescens. 



C. (?) caerulescens, Hampson, l.c. 



S ?. Yellow band of wings not, or little, broader than bluish black basal area 

 of forewing. 



In the Tring Museum from : Guadalcanar (Woodford), 1 ^ ,type; Guadalcanar, 

 April and May 1901 (A. S. Meek), a series. 



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