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  LYC^NIDiE 
  (oriental). 
  WAIGEUM. 
  

  

  streaks 
  slightly 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  between 
  the 
  nervures, 
  and 
  an 
  inner 
  row 
  

   towards 
  the 
  iipper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wings. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  greenish- 
  

   blue 
  line 
  bordering 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  beneath, 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  pinkish- 
  

   white 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  less 
  distinct 
  ones 
  between 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  above 
  it. 
  

  

  Body 
  dark 
  brown, 
  mostly 
  white 
  below 
  ; 
  orbits 
  blue 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  ringed 
  with 
  

   white. 
  

  

  The 
  Female, 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce, 
  is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  pinkish- 
  

   white 
  marks 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  above, 
  and 
  towards 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  beneath. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  subcostal 
  bluish- 
  

   green 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  submarginal 
  metallic 
  spots 
  on 
  

   all 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Waigiou 
  (Von 
  Platen). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Dr, 
  O. 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smitii. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Waigenm, 
  the 
  principal 
  characters 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  indicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce, 
  though 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  name 
  the 
  genus, 
  which 
  was 
  

   then 
  known 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  specimen 
  only. 
  

  

  