BY E. MEYRICK. 99 



almost Straight, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen rather obliquely rounded ; deep golden-bronze ; three 

 metallic-green, partially black-edged streaks from base, first 

 along costa to ^, second to \ of disc, thence curved to dorsum 

 at 4, third subdorsal to J, and another from costa beyond J reach- 

 ing half across wing; a metallic brassy-golden streak, edged 

 anteriorly with purple-black, fiom middle of dorsum to near 

 middle of costa, thence bent beneath costa to near |; above and 

 beyond this streak the whole wing is purple-blackish sprinkled 

 with fine pale golden-metallic scales, except a broad terminal 

 fascia of groundcolour densely irrorated with metallic brassy- 

 golden : cilia pale violet-blue-fuscous, with blackish basal line. 

 Hindwings in g broader tlian in 9, tornus not produced, with a 

 transparent almost dorsal groove; fuscous, on upper portion of 

 termen with a more or less defined broad dark fuscous band; 

 sometimes a small undefined paler or fuscous-whitish patch 

 beneath costa beyond middle; cilia light fuscous, tips whitish, 

 with dark fuscous basal line. 



ISTew Britain, Bismarck Is.; Choiseul, Guadalcanar, Solomon 

 Is.; seven specimens (Meek). 



162. T. dlvitiosa^Y8i\k. 



(Saptha divitiosa Walk., 1015; Badera nobilisFe\d., Reis. Nov. 

 pi. cxxxix., 9.) 



^9. 18-21 mm. Head metallic green-blue, with a pale yellow- 

 ish patch behind eyes. Antenna^ purple-black, with ochreous- 

 white band about f . Thorax blackish, with three metallic-green 

 stripes. Forewings with termen obliquely rounded; deep bronze; 

 four metallic-green streaks on basal area, as in jrrasochalca: a 

 curved metallic blue-green streak from middle of dorsum to 

 beneath costa at f, edged anteriorly with blackish and [posteriorly 

 with metallic violet-coppery; beyond this the wing is wholly 

 suffused with purple-blackish, thinly strewn with golden-metallic 

 scales, except a broad metallic violet-coppery terminal fascia: 

 cilia pale purplish-bronze, with blackish basal line. Hindwings 

 in ^ with tornus expanded and more strongly prominent than in 



