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  (ORIKNTAI,) 
  . 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS. 
  

  

  IV.— 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS 
  SCINTILLANS. 
  ^ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  12. 
  

  

  Miletus 
  ScintiUaux, 
  Butler, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Maj^azine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  5, 
  vol. 
  10, 
  p. 
  149 
  (188"2) 
  ; 
  Ilnpochriisop:^ 
  Scintillans, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Drnce, 
  " 
  Trans- 
  

   actions 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  " 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  191. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  IJ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  rich 
  purplish-hlue, 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   wings 
  black 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  broadly 
  black 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  black, 
  shading 
  into 
  greyish 
  towards 
  the 
  fringes. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  dentated 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Underside 
  dove-colour, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  varied 
  with 
  yellow, 
  reddish-orange, 
  

   and 
  silvery-green 
  or 
  lilac. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costal, 
  discoidal 
  and 
  apical 
  

   areas 
  greenish-yellow, 
  two 
  silvery 
  -green 
  stripes 
  diverging 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  one 
  

   below 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervurc, 
  edged 
  above 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  traversing 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  edged 
  below 
  with 
  orange, 
  and 
  then 
  with 
  black. 
  Beyond 
  

   the 
  first 
  stripe 
  are 
  two 
  detached 
  masses 
  of 
  silvery 
  or 
  purplish 
  scaling, 
  running 
  

   obliciuely 
  towards 
  the 
  costa. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  second 
  stripe 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  

   orange 
  band, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  square 
  mass 
  of 
  greenish-silvery 
  scaling, 
  inclining 
  to 
  

   lilac 
  on 
  the 
  edges, 
  and 
  partly 
  intersected 
  with 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Beyond 
  

   this 
  again 
  is 
  an 
  orange 
  band, 
  running 
  obliquely 
  towards 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  more 
  

   than 
  half 
  across 
  the 
  wang, 
  and 
  bordered 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  between 
  its 
  

   upper 
  end 
  and 
  the 
  costa 
  are 
  two 
  patches 
  of 
  lilac 
  metallic 
  scaling. 
  There 
  is 
  

   also 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  five 
  lilac-silvery 
  spots 
  between 
  the 
  veins, 
  each 
  slightly 
  

   marked 
  with 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  edge. 
  The 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  is 
  dove-colour. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  yellowish-grey 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   a 
  reddish-orange 
  stripe 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  edged 
  below 
  with 
  silvery- 
  

   green 
  ; 
  follow(!d 
  by 
  three 
  rather 
  iiTegular 
  reddish-orange 
  bands, 
  broadly 
  edged 
  

   with 
  silvery-green; 
  the 
  third 
  commencing 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  detached 
  

   oval 
  ])lotch. 
  Beyond 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  buif-coloured 
  space, 
  followed 
  liy 
  a 
  black, 
  partly 
  

   macular 
  line, 
  an 
  orange 
  space, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  metallic 
  lilac 
  streaks, 
  and 
  a 
  buff 
  

   si)ace 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  Idack 
  line 
  on 
  tlie 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  yellowish-grey 
  below. 
  Aiitenme 
  black, 
  banded 
  with 
  

   white 
  bcncatli. 
  and 
  tipped 
  with 
  pale 
  orange-tawny. 
  

  

  /•'«;//<//.. 
  Tpperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  pear- 
  

   shaped 
  white 
  spot, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  nervures 
  are 
  vellow, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   over 
  the 
  disc. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  ashy-grey, 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  yellowish 
  towards 
  the 
  margins. 
  

  

  I'NnKHsiDE 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  space 
  

  

  Vm., 
  II., 
  OCTOHKU, 
  IM'.I4. 
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