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  LYCiENIDiE 
  (oriental). 
  THYSONOTIS. 
  

  

  rather 
  narrow 
  white 
  band 
  runs 
  obHquely 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule 
  

   of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  just 
  beyond 
  tlie 
  ceh, 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  almost 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  is 
  somewhat 
  narrower, 
  

   and 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  vertex 
  scaled 
  with 
  blue 
  ; 
  beneath, 
  femora 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  white 
  ; 
  antennae 
  narrowly 
  banded 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  

   palpi 
  varied 
  with 
  blue 
  and 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Stephansort, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Captains 
  Cayley 
  Webster 
  and 
  

   Cotton). 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  are 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Grose 
  Smith's 
  Collection 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  are 
  also 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Rothschild's 
  

   Collection, 
  having 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  to 
  lie 
  intermediate 
  between 
  T. 
  Glaucopis, 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  and 
  T. 
  Wallacei, 
  Felder. 
  

  

  v.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  EEGALIS. 
  s 
  . 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  5. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  IJ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Alale. 
  Upperside 
  rich 
  blue, 
  fringes 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  

   narrowly, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  more 
  broadly 
  black, 
  slightly 
  powdered 
  with 
  

   metallic-gTeen 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

   blue 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  slightly 
  powdered 
  with 
  metallic-green 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base. 
  

   Then 
  follows 
  an 
  oblique 
  white 
  band, 
  extending 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  

   base. 
  The 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  blue, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  border, 
  extending 
  from 
  

   the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  where 
  it 
  

   is 
  very 
  broad, 
  and 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  till 
  it 
  reaches 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  

   again. 
  

  

  Underside 
  black, 
  with 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  markings. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  white 
  space 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  extending 
  

   upwards 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  A 
  blue 
  band, 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  nervures 
  

   into 
  long 
  spots, 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  curves 
  round 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  an 
  inner 
  

   blue 
  l)and, 
  and 
  traces 
  of 
  an 
  outer 
  one 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Then 
  follows 
  

   a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  oblique 
  white 
  band, 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  black, 
  

   enclosing 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  large 
  oval 
  black 
  spots, 
  with 
  oblong 
  blue 
  borders, 
  separated 
  

   from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  nervures. 
  

  

  "Wings 
  rather 
  broad 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  distinctly 
  denticulated. 
  Head 
  black 
  

  

  