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  LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  HYPOCHRYSOPS. 
  

  

  towards 
  its 
  extremit}' 
  it 
  exhibits 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  become 
  macular, 
  and 
  is 
  followed 
  

   by 
  two 
  metallic 
  dots, 
  one 
  below 
  the 
  other 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  runs 
  through 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  is 
  slightly 
  curved 
  downwards 
  at 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  nearly 
  

   touching 
  a 
  round 
  black 
  spot, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  surrounded 
  with 
  metallic 
  spangles 
  ; 
  

   at 
  its 
  extremity, 
  this 
  line 
  curves 
  downwards 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  across 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  

   is 
  slightly 
  edged 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  below 
  with 
  black. 
  Below 
  the 
  black 
  metallic- 
  

   bordered 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot, 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  submedian 
  

   nervures 
  ; 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  terminal 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  metallic 
  stripe 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  

   another 
  black 
  spot, 
  marked 
  outside 
  with 
  two 
  metallic 
  spots, 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  

   lower 
  median 
  nervules. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  terminal 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  metallic 
  stripe 
  

   is 
  a 
  bar, 
  metallic-green 
  outside 
  and 
  black 
  inside. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  

   about 
  six 
  spots 
  each 
  between 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  The 
  inner 
  one 
  

   consists 
  of 
  metallic 
  spots 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  bordered 
  with 
  black, 
  from 
  the 
  lowermost 
  

   of 
  which 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  runs 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Beyond 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  pale 
  

   orange 
  space, 
  bordered 
  outside 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  part 
  by 
  a 
  slender 
  black 
  line. 
  The 
  

   marginal 
  area 
  is 
  pale 
  orange, 
  on 
  which 
  stand 
  the 
  large 
  metallic 
  submarginal 
  

   spots, 
  within 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  spots, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  touch 
  or 
  partly 
  

   intersect 
  the 
  metallic 
  ones 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  spots 
  are 
  also 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  black 
  

   on 
  the 
  outside. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  four 
  pale 
  orange 
  bands, 
  bordered 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  with 
  long 
  metallic 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  band 
  is 
  incomplete, 
  and 
  is 
  bordered 
  

   only 
  by 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  metallic 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  inside, 
  and 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  

   black 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  submarginal 
  orange-red 
  

   spots, 
  bordered 
  outside 
  by 
  metallic 
  ones, 
  and 
  these 
  again 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  orange 
  stripe 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fringes 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  spots 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   are 
  marked 
  with 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  

   conspicuous. 
  

  

  Body 
  brown 
  above, 
  grey 
  beneath 
  ; 
  thorax 
  dark 
  blue 
  above, 
  light 
  blue 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  antenna? 
  and 
  palpi 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  the 
  latter 
  whitish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   club 
  of 
  antennfe 
  ferruginous 
  beneath 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brisbane, 
  Queensland 
  (Miskin) 
  ; 
  Morty 
  Island 
  (Hewitson 
  Collection). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Miskin 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson 
  (British 
  Museum). 
  

  

  "In 
  form 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  H. 
  Ignita 
  (Leach), 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  homely 
  -looking 
  

   insect 
  " 
  (Miskin) 
  . 
  

  

  From 
  Miskin's 
  description 
  the 
  sexes 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  diifer 
  much. 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce 
  gives 
  

   the 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  specimens 
  as 
  Moreton 
  Bay 
  ; 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  labelled 
  " 
  Mort." 
  

   which 
  we 
  suppose 
  to 
  mean 
  Morty 
  Island. 
  

  

  