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28. Holochila zita sp. nov. 



Female. — Upperslde: bright shining blue. Anterior wings with the costal 

 margin, apical area, and outer margin broadly greyish brown. Posterior wings with 

 the costal area broadly and outer margin less broadh' greyish brown ; the veins on 

 both wings where tbey cross the blue area are black. Cilia on anterior wings brown, 

 on posterior wings grey. 



Underside : both wings greenish silvery white ; cilia as on the upperside. 

 Antennae black. 



Expanse of wings : J inch. 



Hab. Tenimber. 



Four specimens, apparently all females. The wings are com}iarati\ely longer and 

 narrower than in other species of the genus. 



20. Tarucus fluvialis sp. nov. 

 Female. — Upperside: dull fuscous, with the bands on the underside showing 

 through the wings, the spaces between those bands being represented by rows of pale 

 brownish grey bands; in the cell of the anterior wings and the area below it is a patch 

 of shining greenish blue scales. Cilia dusky brown. On the posterior wings the 

 outer margin is narrowly black, edged internally by a narrow white line ; the tails 

 are long and black. 



Underside : both wings tawny white, crossed by broad bands of spots. On the 

 anterior wings are six bands, the first extending obliquely from near the base to the 

 costa at one-fovu-th from the base ; the second and third bands, commencing on 

 the inner margin, gradually converge to the costa, forming an inverted \/> f^e outer 

 of these two bands being interrupted on the middle median nervule ; beyond this is 

 a fourth band, commencing at the middle of the costa and terminating on the last- 

 named nervule ; this is followed bj' two parallel bands which cross the disc, one beyond 

 the middle, the other submarginal, a narrow black line on the margin. Posterior 

 wings also crossed by six bands of spots, the two innermost being nearly parallel ; these 

 are followed by two irregular rows, the inner of which commences near the end of the 

 cell and terminates before the inner margin; the outer of the two commences about 

 the middle of the costa and terminates on the middle median nervule; the fifth and 

 sixth bands cross the disc, following the curve of the outer margin ; the outer of these 

 bands is submarginal and divided into spots, the three spots nearest to the anal angle 

 being bordered outwardly by patches of metallic greenish blue scales. 



Expanse of wings : 1^ inch. 



Hab. S. Celebes. 



Nearest to T.faaciatus Eober and T. waterstradli Druce, but the arrangement 

 of the bands on the underside is quite different. It may not improbably be the female 

 of T. clathratua Holland (Froc. Boston N. H. Soc. XXV. p. 71. n. 78. t. 5. f. 8, 1890), 

 but Dr. Holland's descn'ption is so incomplete, and the figure so diminished, that 

 it is impossible to decide with certainty whether this is the case. 



30. Castalius ulyssides sji. nov. 



Male. — Upperside, difl'ers from C. ul/jtmes f^taud. in the outer edge of the 



white band on the anterior wings being projected outwardly a short distance along 



the middle median nervule instead of continuing upwards regularly, and the blue 



area extends to the base of the wings. On the posterior wings the edges of the white 



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