﻿LYC.ENID.E 
  (oriental). 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS. 
  17 
  

  

  black 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  narrows 
  and 
  ceases 
  on 
  the 
  sulicostal 
  nervure 
  towards 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  dull 
  rufous. 
  

   Fringes 
  narrowly 
  rufous. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  slightly 
  duller 
  fulvous 
  than 
  the 
  

   fore 
  wings; 
  costal 
  area 
  brown, 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  tip; 
  the 
  principal 
  nervures 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  lined 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  fringes 
  narrowly 
  rufous, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  fringes 
  are 
  very 
  long 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  where 
  they 
  form 
  a 
  very 
  

   largo 
  blnck 
  lobe, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  above 
  it; 
  between 
  these, 
  their 
  ends 
  are 
  

   whitisli. 
  Inner 
  margin 
  greyish-brown, 
  the 
  fringes 
  lighter. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   submarginal 
  black 
  stripe, 
  broadest 
  below, 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  black 
  lower 
  branch 
  of 
  

   the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  dusted 
  with 
  purplish- 
  

   grey 
  beyond, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  clear 
  yellowish-buff 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  half. 
  Base 
  with 
  a 
  

   brilliant 
  mctallic-frreen 
  band 
  above 
  and 
  blackish 
  below 
  ; 
  bevond 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   transverse 
  metallic-green 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  follow^ed 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  band 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Beyond 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  irregular 
  metallic- 
  

   green 
  mark 
  below 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  line 
  with 
  another 
  

   l)road 
  transverse 
  metallic 
  baud 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  (above 
  this 
  

   is 
  a 
  buff 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  costa) 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  submediau 
  nervure. 
  On 
  their 
  lower 
  

   edges 
  the 
  two 
  transverse 
  green 
  bands 
  are 
  connected 
  by 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  an 
  

   irregular 
  black 
  patch, 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  produced 
  to 
  touch 
  the 
  outermost. 
  

   Beyond 
  the 
  outermost 
  metallic 
  band 
  is 
  a 
  brown 
  band, 
  bordered 
  with 
  zigzag 
  black 
  

   lines 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  continued 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  median 
  nervules 
  by 
  two 
  broad 
  

   black 
  curves, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  reddish-brown 
  curve, 
  and 
  the 
  innermost 
  black 
  curve 
  

   is 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  curve, 
  nearly 
  obsolete 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Inner 
  margin 
  pale 
  yellowish-grey. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  light 
  brown 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  crossed 
  by 
  an 
  

   irregular 
  and 
  interrupted 
  black 
  line, 
  edged 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  witli 
  l)rilliaut 
  metallic 
  green. 
  From 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  a 
  broad 
  

   metallic 
  green 
  baud 
  runs 
  obliquely 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  and 
  an 
  irregular 
  row 
  

   of 
  hirge 
  metallic 
  trreen 
  blotches 
  runs 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  suljcostal 
  nervure 
  before 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  across 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  finally 
  turns 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   most 
  of 
  these 
  spots 
  are 
  edged 
  with 
  brown. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  dividing 
  line 
  previously 
  

   mentioned, 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  varied 
  with 
  purplish-grey 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  it 
  

   is 
  again 
  darker 
  brown, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  inclining 
  to 
  ferruginous. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  macular 
  metallic 
  blue 
  submarginal 
  line 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  

   mostly 
  edged 
  within 
  with 
  irregular 
  black 
  spots 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  continued 
  above 
  by 
  

   three 
  small 
  coppery 
  dots 
  between 
  the 
  nervures. 
  A 
  black 
  line 
  runs 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  