(443) 



6. Caprimima caerulescens mononis .sulisjiec. nov. 



? . Close to C. caer. caerulescens. Yellow area of forewing twice as wide behind 

 as in front, being at the costal margin as wide as the green-bine basal area ; black 

 distal marginal border narrower at apex than in caer. caerulescens ; 3'cllow area 

 of hindwing triangnlar, wider in front than in caer. caerulescens, but shorter, the 

 black border of the wing being rather broader at anal angle than in average 

 specimens of caer. caerulescens. 



Hah. Treasury Island, Jnly 1001 (A. S. Meek and Eichlinrn) ; o ? ?. 



It is worthy of note that this form agrees much better with the form from 

 Gnadalcanar than with the subspecies occurring on the interjacent islands. 



7. Byrsia amoena guizonis subspec. nov. 



?. Wings deeper orange and the blue proximal border of the orange-red 

 subajjical patch on the upperside of the forewing wider than in B. a. amoetia from 

 Isabel, the black border to the hindwing also much broader at the distal margin 

 as well as at the abdominal margin, the distal marginal border being about 'Z mm. 

 wide in front and 1 mm. behind, apart from fringe. 



Ilab. Guizo Island, llubiana Lagoon, November 1903 (A. 8. Meek and Eich- 

 horn) ; 1 ? . 



8. Caprimima choiseuli spec. nov. 



? . Similar to C. caerulescens, a little smaller. Upperside of head and thorax 

 metallic bluish green, more strongly glossy than in the forms of caerule.icens. 

 Foretibia and ai)ex of hindtibia more or less suffused with white, first foretarsal 

 segment not white. 



Wings, upperside, similar in colour to those of C. caerulescens Isabella, which 

 occurs also on Choiseul ; metallic base of forewing more extended than in caer. 

 isahelh, but less than in caer. caerulescens, yellow area triangular, almost narrowed 

 to a point costally, but occupying about half the posterior margin, red-orange pateh 

 correspondingly extended ; metallic proximal border-line of this patch thiu, hardly 

 widened at costal edge ; bluish black distal marginal border of nearly even width, 

 wider than in caerulescens. Hindwing as in ('. caer. isahella,, but narrower. 



llah. Choiseul 1., Solomon Is., December 1903 and January 1904 (A. S. Meek 

 and Eichhorn) ; 4 ? ? . 



Both this species and C. caer. Isabella were found on the north side as well as 

 on the south side of the island. 



AGARISTIDAE. 

 9. Xanthospilopteryx catori sjjec. nov. 



? . Body black, head, thorax, legs and underside of abdomen with white spots ; 

 npjierside of abdomen witli yellow apical belts, which become more or less white 

 laterally and on segment 6 also apically. 



Wings, upperside. Forewing : orange markings merged together, occu])ying 



four-fifths of the wing ; a large orange one from close to base to apex of cell) 



