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HI."). Holochila refusa sp. nov. 



Male. — Upperside: Iwtli wings greyish brown, witli a white i>atch which covers 

 the niifldle of tlic disc, and thence extends to tlic inner margin on the anterior wings, 

 and the upper and middle portion of the posterior wings, slightly invading the cells 

 of both wings, shading into dull blue — slightly opalescent in certain lights— towards 

 the base. Ciliac white, broadly brown at the tips of the veins. 



Underside: both wings greyish white, with the costal margin narrowly, the 

 apex broadly, and outer margin brownish _gi-ey, the outer-marginal grey liand 

 gradually naiTOwing to the outer angle. On the posterior wings is a similar outer- 

 marginal band, broadest at the apex. Ciliae of both wings brown, narrowly marked 

 with white between the veins. 



Expanse of wings : J ineli. 



Three ma^es and one female; in the latter the blue colouring towards the base 

 is almost obsolete. 



246. Holochila philotns Keld. 

 A long series of both sexes. 



247. Holochila dimorphus Hi'ber. 



Two IHldcS. 



248. Holochila absimilis Feld. 

 One m<de and I hree females. 



249. Holochila silicea sp. nov. 



yiALE.^ Upperside : dull slate-colour, very slightly tinged with bluish green in 

 certain lights ; rather less opaque than //. absimilis. 



Underside: greyish white. Anterior wings with a grey streak at the end 

 of the cell, and two rows of grey lines across the disc, the inner row cmviug inwardly 

 at its upper end, the outer row being submarginal and following the contour of the 

 outer margin. Posterior wings with two rows of grey markings across the disc, the 

 outer row being lunulate ; two vertical lines and a round spot below the costal 

 nervure at equal distances; two similar lines, one across the middle, the other at 

 the end of the cell, with two spots on either side of the former, a row of three sjiots 

 between the veins below the median nervure, and a row of spots between the veins 

 on the margin. 



Fkmalk. — Uppersiue : darker than tlic rii.(de but paler than the female of 

 H. absimilis, with a dusky bluish grey iiateli in the middle of the anterior wings, 

 and a very slight indication of a [lale patch between the subcostal nervurcs on the 

 posterior wings towards the apex. Underside as in the male. 



Expanse of wings : 1 ij inch. 



JJab. Biak. 



Two males and three /t'?ft«/t'8. 



2jo. Holochila subvosea sp.'-nov. 

 yiALE.— Upperside: paler slate-blue than //. silicea, somewhat tinged with pink. 

 Underside: brownish white; liotli wings with the discs crossed by a narrow grey 



