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  lyc-^xidj: 
  (oeiextal). 
  — 
  'U'aigeum. 
  

  

  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  bright 
  bhie, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  disc, 
  extending 
  from 
  

   above 
  the 
  middle 
  median 
  nervnle 
  to 
  the 
  siibmedian 
  nervure, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   being 
  narrowly 
  blue. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  black, 
  dusted 
  with 
  blue, 
  

   followed 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  white 
  band. 
  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  

   except 
  the 
  fringes 
  (which 
  are 
  white 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  wings, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  marked 
  with 
  

   black 
  on 
  the 
  nervures, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings) 
  is 
  black, 
  except 
  an 
  

   irregular 
  blue 
  patch, 
  rising 
  about 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nerviire, 
  somewhat 
  

   irregular 
  and 
  contracted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  widest 
  before 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  

   which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  reach. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  shading 
  into 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  borders, 
  with 
  

   a 
  very 
  large 
  white 
  patch 
  covering 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  upper 
  

   median 
  nervule, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   broad 
  subcostal 
  metallic 
  blue 
  band, 
  curving 
  down 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule, 
  and 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  long 
  blue 
  spots 
  between 
  

   the 
  nervures. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  space 
  black, 
  bordered 
  above 
  and 
  

   below 
  with 
  metallic 
  blue 
  ; 
  then 
  follows 
  a 
  broad 
  oblique 
  white 
  band, 
  and 
  the 
  

   outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  long 
  blue 
  spots, 
  

   separated 
  by 
  the 
  nervures. 
  Across 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  space 
  runs 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  

   oval 
  black 
  spots, 
  bordered 
  before 
  and 
  behind 
  with 
  blue, 
  and 
  separated 
  by 
  whitish 
  

   nervures, 
  slightly 
  spangled 
  with 
  blue 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  runs 
  a 
  similar 
  line. 
  The 
  

   last 
  black, 
  blue-bordered 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  throws 
  off 
  a 
  blue 
  curve 
  just 
  

   below 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  Body 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  collar 
  ; 
  antennas 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  tipped 
  

   with 
  rufous 
  ; 
  orbits 
  blue 
  ; 
  legs 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  

   and 
  white 
  below. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  the 
  base, 
  cell, 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   dusted 
  with 
  blue 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  disc, 
  fi'om 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  

   almost 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  white 
  band, 
  

   the 
  basal 
  area, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervules 
  dusted 
  with 
  blue, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  blue 
  submarginal 
  markings 
  between 
  the 
  nervures 
  gradually 
  widening 
  to 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Underside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sekar, 
  N.W. 
  New 
  Guinea; 
  and 
  Ati 
  On 
  (Kubary). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collectious 
  of 
  Drs. 
  Eober 
  and 
  Stauclinger, 
  the 
  Hon. 
  W. 
  Eothschild, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  

   Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  This 
  fine 
  insect 
  has 
  more 
  resemblance 
  than 
  the 
  others 
  here 
  figured 
  to 
  the 
  tyj'ical 
  species 
  of 
  

   Thysonotis. 
  

  

  