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  LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS. 
  

  

  it 
  till 
  it 
  joins 
  the 
  metallic 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  

   l)and 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  patch 
  of 
  metallic 
  bluish 
  green 
  scales. 
  In 
  H. 
  Thcon 
  the 
  lower 
  

   metallic 
  line 
  ceases 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  band 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  

   is 
  intersected 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  cm-ved 
  metallic 
  line, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  

   H. 
  Tluophancs. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  resembling 
  those 
  of 
  H. 
  Thcon, 
  but 
  the 
  sub-basal 
  

   black 
  band 
  is 
  broader, 
  and 
  is 
  bordered 
  externally 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  but 
  very 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  metallic 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  submarginal 
  black 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   disc 
  is 
  much 
  wider 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  nervules 
  than 
  in 
  H. 
  Thcon. 
  

  

  Body 
  brown 
  above 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  yellowish 
  white 
  below, 
  thorax 
  above 
  

   slightly 
  gi-eenish 
  blue, 
  with 
  grey 
  hairs 
  before 
  and 
  behind, 
  head 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   greenish 
  blue 
  above, 
  orbits 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  palpi 
  beneath 
  white, 
  antennae 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  narrowly 
  ringed 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Humboldt 
  Bay, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Eothschild. 
  

   Four 
  specimens 
  received, 
  all 
  males. 
  

  

  YIII.— 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS 
  HEE:\I0GENES. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  Hijpochnjsops 
  Hermogenes, 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologies," 
  H., 
  

   p. 
  548, 
  H. 
  184 
  (April 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1\ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Mcdc. 
  Upperside 
  dull 
  purple, 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  apical 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   wings 
  broadly, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  less 
  broadly 
  brownish 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  dull 
  ashy 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  an 
  ochraceous 
  band 
  

   traversing 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  it, 
  when 
  it 
  

   bends 
  downwards 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule, 
  a 
  blunt 
  ochraceous 
  

   spur 
  from 
  this 
  bar 
  crosses 
  the 
  cell 
  at 
  about 
  its 
  middle, 
  the 
  band 
  and 
  spurs 
  are 
  

   bordered 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  metallic 
  greenish-blue 
  lines, 
  the 
  disc 
  is 
  crossed 
  beyond 
  

   its 
  middle, 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  to 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule, 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  ochraceous 
  bars, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  metallic 
  spots 
  surrounded 
  by 
  

   ochraceous 
  rings, 
  and 
  tipped 
  internally 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  metallic 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  crossed 
  by 
  five 
  rufous 
  

   nearly 
  parallel 
  bars 
  margined 
  by 
  metallic 
  lines, 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  metallic 
  

   oblong 
  spots 
  capped 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  with 
  narrow 
  ochraceous 
  lines 
  inside 
  ; 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  ochraceous 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  

  

  Body 
  brown, 
  paler 
  beneath, 
  antennae 
  black, 
  flagellum 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  club 
  

  

  