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  LYCJENIDiE 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  THYSONOTIS. 
  

  

  base, 
  marked 
  with 
  pale 
  blue 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  third 
  deep 
  black, 
  with 
  

   a 
  row 
  of 
  six 
  blue 
  oval 
  spots, 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  nervures, 
  and 
  enclosing 
  oval 
  

   black 
  spots, 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  a 
  pale 
  blue 
  

   crescent 
  ; 
  outside 
  them 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  line, 
  divided 
  into 
  streaks 
  by 
  the 
  nervures 
  ; 
  

   fringes 
  grey. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  clothed 
  with 
  pale 
  blue 
  hair 
  ; 
  white 
  below. 
  Orbits 
  pale 
  

   blue 
  ; 
  incisions 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Wetter 
  Island 
  ; 
  Amboyna 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild 
  and 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

   The 
  male 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Doherty 
  in 
  Wetter 
  Island 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  female, 
  now 
  first 
  described 
  

   and 
  figured, 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  Amboyna, 
  in 
  February. 
  

  

  XIII.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  MANTO. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  Ij 
  inches. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  black, 
  with 
  greenish-blue 
  scales 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  an 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  white 
  band 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure, 
  and 
  along 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure 
  for 
  

   four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wdng 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  angle 
  there 
  are 
  traces 
  

   of 
  a 
  pale 
  submarginal 
  blue 
  line. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  entirely 
  crossed 
  before 
  the 
  

   middle 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  band, 
  broadest 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  nearly-connected 
  blue 
  lunules 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

   A 
  slender 
  linear 
  tail 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  

   and 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  inter- 
  

   sected 
  by 
  two 
  white 
  lines, 
  the 
  outermost 
  rather 
  indistinct. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  

   the 
  costal 
  area 
  (except 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base) 
  and 
  a 
  transverse 
  band, 
  white 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  black, 
  blue-bordered 
  spots 
  oval, 
  very 
  large 
  ; 
  beyond 
  them 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  

   line 
  broken 
  into 
  streaks 
  by 
  the 
  nervures. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  orbits, 
  and 
  incisions 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  whitish 
  ; 
  

   thorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  blue 
  hair. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kerekadi, 
  Astrolabe 
  Bay, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  and 
  of 
  Dr, 
  Staudinger, 
  from 
  Coustantinhafen 
  

   (Grubauer). 
  

  

  