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  (oriental). 
  — 
  HYPOCHEYSOPS. 
  

  

  III.— 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS 
  THESAURUS. 
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  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
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  . 
  Fig. 
  S). 
  

  

  lljiporliri/sops 
  Thrxaiirus, 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  iu 
  " 
  Isoyitates 
  Zoologicas," 
  I., 
  

   p. 
  547 
  (April, 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1| 
  inches. 
  

  

  " 
  ^lale. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  dark 
  blackish-brown 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   puri)le, 
  except 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  partially 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  brilliant 
  metallic 
  blue, 
  costal 
  margin 
  broadly 
  brown. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  dull 
  ashy-brown 
  ; 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  short 
  bar 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  bordered 
  outwardly 
  by 
  a 
  silvery 
  bar, 
  and 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  nearly 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex 
  dark 
  ochraceous, 
  a 
  metallic 
  silvery-blue 
  streak 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  its 
  end, 
  where 
  it 
  bends 
  downwards 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  

   another 
  silvery 
  streak 
  along 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  above 
  and 
  beyond 
  which 
  are 
  four 
  metallic 
  spots 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   lilaok 
  between 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervules 
  ; 
  nearer 
  the 
  apex, 
  crossing 
  the 
  disc 
  from 
  

   the 
  costal 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule, 
  is 
  a 
  continuous 
  row 
  of 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  lunules 
  situate 
  in 
  a 
  dusky 
  space, 
  the 
  four 
  uppermost 
  with 
  metallic 
  spots 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  metallic 
  spots 
  situate 
  in 
  a 
  

   pale 
  ochraceous 
  marginal 
  band 
  and 
  tipped 
  internally 
  with 
  black. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  patch 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  costa 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  five 
  bars 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  wings 
  rufous, 
  edged 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  with 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  blue, 
  in 
  

   which 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  markings, 
  the 
  bars 
  being 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  

   except 
  the 
  two 
  outer 
  bars 
  which 
  touch 
  each 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  lowest 
  subcostal 
  

   nervule 
  ; 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  bars 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  and 
  

   ceases 
  on 
  the 
  lowest 
  subcostal, 
  the 
  outer 
  bar 
  commences 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  

   ceases 
  on 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule. 
  The 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  broadly 
  ochraceous 
  

   and 
  centred 
  with 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  blue, 
  a 
  few 
  narrow 
  black 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   edije 
  of 
  the 
  marginal 
  band. 
  

  

  " 
  Female. 
  Upperside 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  pale 
  silvery 
  blue, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   and 
  outer 
  margin 
  broadly 
  brownish-grey. 
  The 
  underside 
  resembles 
  the 
  male, 
  

   but 
  is 
  rather 
  paler." 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Humboldt 
  Bay, 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  Sept.-Oct., 
  1892 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  In 
  tlie 
  Collections 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  " 
  Four 
  males 
  and 
  three 
  females 
  are 
  iu 
  the 
  Collection. 
  It 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  H. 
  Protogeiies, 
  Peld. 
  

   [from 
  Waigioti], 
  the 
  tyj^e 
  specimen 
  of 
  which, 
  & 
  female, 
  iu 
  the 
  Felder 
  Collection 
  at 
  Tring, 
  is 
  now 
  

   before 
  me. 
  In 
  this 
  specimen 
  the 
  pale 
  blue 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  upperside 
  is 
  considerablj 
  more 
  restricted, 
  

   and 
  the 
  discal 
  row 
  of 
  brick-red 
  lunules 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  nearer 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin, 
  besides 
  numerous 
  other 
  diiierences. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  male 
  of 
  H. 
  Prologenes 
  in 
  the 
  Felder 
  

   Collection." 
  (H. 
  G. 
  S.) 
  

  

  