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  LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS. 
  

  

  with 
  five 
  pale 
  silvery 
  blue 
  spots, 
  the 
  three 
  uppermost 
  slightly 
  marked 
  outside 
  

   with 
  black, 
  the 
  four 
  uppermost 
  indented 
  with 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  

   two 
  lowest 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  others 
  ; 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  aroimd 
  them 
  is 
  

   darker 
  than 
  above, 
  and 
  is 
  edged 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  with 
  black. 
  Fringes 
  irregularly 
  

   black 
  and 
  white. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  pale 
  straw-colour, 
  costa 
  reddish 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  

   third, 
  edged 
  below 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line, 
  speckled 
  with 
  metallic 
  particles; 
  four 
  

   irregular 
  reddish 
  bands 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  pale 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  green, 
  and 
  interspersed 
  with 
  light 
  brown 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  first 
  band 
  is 
  broad, 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  half 
  across 
  

   the 
  wing 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  unite 
  towards 
  the 
  costa, 
  which 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  

   quite 
  touch, 
  the 
  outer 
  one 
  being 
  much 
  varied 
  and 
  broken 
  with 
  light 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  is 
  marginal, 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  yellow 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  third 
  at 
  both 
  

   ends, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  it 
  contains 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  long 
  

   pale 
  silvery 
  blue 
  spots 
  between 
  the 
  nervure. 
  Fringes 
  black, 
  marked 
  at 
  their 
  

   ends 
  with 
  white 
  between 
  the 
  nervm-es 
  ; 
  a 
  continuous 
  dark 
  bro'ttTi 
  line 
  runs 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fringes, 
  and 
  the 
  lobes 
  are 
  conspicuously 
  black. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above 
  (probably 
  metallic-blue 
  when 
  fresh), 
  buft' 
  below 
  ; 
  antennjB 
  

   black, 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  below 
  ; 
  tip 
  rufous. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  greyish-black 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  lilac-blue 
  patch 
  

   extending 
  over 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  purplish-blue 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  along 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure 
  and 
  its 
  branches. 
  

  

  Underside 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell 
  but 
  slightly 
  marked 
  with 
  reddish 
  ; 
  the 
  red 
  transverse 
  band 
  paler, 
  and 
  more 
  

   broadly 
  bordered 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  two 
  additional 
  metallic 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  submarginal 
  

   band 
  towards 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  bands 
  more 
  brightly 
  

   coloured, 
  and 
  more. 
  sharply 
  defined 
  irregular 
  black 
  markings 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  band, 
  

   but 
  no 
  brown 
  ones. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Koustantinhafen, 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Kubary, 
  1893). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  XII.— 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS 
  CHEYSAEGYRA. 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  5. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  reddish 
  fulvous. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa, 
  apex, 
  and 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  blackish, 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  lined 
  with 
  black. 
  The 
  

  

  