( 550 ) 



before tlie middle is narrower, and the velvety black area ■nrliich covers the rest 

 of the outer portion of the wings is wider and extends nearer to the base. 

 The metallic greenish blue bars which cross the middle part of the disc are 

 narrower, and the ujiper bar is loutinned to near the apex by a narrow sinuate 

 metallic line which is very conspicuous. 



Expanse of wings : 1| inch. 



Ilab. Ron. 



One specimen only. It somewhat resembles the female of H. dolesrhallii 

 Feld., but it is without tlie bine suti'nsion on the uppo-sidc of the anterior wings, 

 and on the underside the metallic bands and markings on both wings are much 

 broader and more conspicuous. It is not improbable it may be the ? of the nest, 

 but there are several differences which have led me to consider it a distinct species. 



188. Hjrpochrysops theophanes sp. nnv. 



Male. — Uppcrside: both wings more purplish Mue than in H. theoii Fehl., and 

 the wings are broader; on the anterior wings the pale central streak is much more 

 restr cted ih m in //. theon, and the apex and outer margin is much more narrowly 

 black. On the posterior wings the blue area extends nearly to the apex, the costal 

 margin is dusky brown and only slightly grey towards the base, the outer margin is 

 more narrowly black and the wings are less rounded at the anal angle. 



Underside : on the anterior wings the black band which extends over the costal 

 area and the ujiper part of the cell is broader than in //. thcon, and the metallic lines 

 on each side of the band are broader and more conspicuous, the metallic line on the 

 inner side of the band is continued uninterruptedly round it, till it joins the metallic 

 line on the other side, at the lower end of the black band is a large patch of metallic 

 bluish green scales ; in //. theon, the under metallic line ceases at the end of the 

 cell, and the black band towards the aj>ex is intersected by a narrow curved metallic 

 line, which is not the case in //. theophanes ; the posterior wings resemble those of 

 H. theon, but the sub-basal black band is broader and is bordered externally by a 

 narrow but very conspicuous metallic line ; the submarginal black band on the 

 outer part of the disc is much wider between the median norvnles than in U. theon. 



Expanse of wings : 1 1 inch. 



Four specimens, all moles. 



189. Hypochrysops heros sp. nov. 



Male. — Uppers/ de : resembles //. herdnnms Hew., but differs as under : on the 

 anterior wings the white central space is narrower and more restricted, and the 

 iridescent blue bands in the cell and on the outer and inner sides of the central white 

 space are broader. On the posterior wings the white basal space is also more 

 restricted, and the iridescent blue patch which extends over the disc from the 

 discoidal nervule to the submedian uervure is divided only by the black veins. 



Underside: both wings dili'er very materially from //. herdonius. On the 

 anterior wings the whole of the cell and the si)ace beyond it to near the apex is velvety 

 black, the costal region, apex, and outer margins are cinereous bhwk, the black outer 

 marginal space extending inwards and becoming grey towards the middle of the 

 disc and the inner margin ; the black velvety ^r^,ce in the cell and beyond is broadly 

 bordered on each side and at its outer end by metallic blue, except below the cell 

 where it is narrowly bordered by that colour, and there is a submarginal row of 

 narrow metallic blue lines. Posterior wings with a sub-basal velvety black bar, the 



