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ON A NEW SPECIES OF HETERONYMPHA AND A 

 NEW VARIETY OF TISIPHONE ABEONA, Don. 



By G. a. Waterhouse, B.Sc, B.E., F.E.S. 



Hetekonympha solandri, n.sp. 



(J. Length of costa of forewing 26 mm. Shape as in Het. 

 merope {^). 



Upperside dark brown, with orange blotches arranged as 

 in Het. banksii {$), but somewhat darker in colour. 



Underside. — Forewing orange, with an oval black spot |^ 

 from end of cell, a black band just beyond end of cell from near 

 costa, bending inwards near lower end of cell and then expanding 

 to angle, returning half-way along outer margin, it connects with 

 the band on the third median nervule, thus enclosing an orange 

 spot. Between the discoidal nervules a small ocellus, below 

 which is an oval whitish spot. Hindiving orange, with three 

 bands of wavy brown marks, first crossing cell, second just beyond 

 cell, third submarginal. Subanal ocellus much smaller than on 

 upperside; subapical ocellus small, with another just below it. 



Compared with the other species of the genus this sex may be 

 described as shaped much as in Het. merope {$) and Het. 'philerope 

 ((J); and almost identical in marking with Het. banksii {$) on 

 the upperside; on the underside the forewing is nearest to Het. 

 philerope {$) and the hindwing to Het. merope (fj), but the orange 

 is much brighter. 



Q. Length of costa of forewing 27 mm. Shape nearly as in 

 Het. banksii (9), but both wings narrower. 



Upperside as in the male, but wanting the sexual bar on 

 median nervule; and with the ovoid spot near inner margin of 

 fore win Of white. 



