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  LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  THYSONOTIS. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  Ij 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  T. 
  Hijmehis, 
  Felcler, 
  but 
  both 
  wings 
  

   more 
  violet-bhie, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  marji^ins 
  more 
  narrowly 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  outer 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  and 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  brighter 
  black 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  

   black 
  band 
  along 
  the 
  costa, 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  margin, 
  has 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  spur 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  excrescence 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  

   basal 
  blue 
  streak 
  above 
  the 
  cell 
  extends 
  further 
  along 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   wings 
  the 
  subbasal 
  blue 
  streak 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  the 
  

   metallic-blue 
  rings 
  round 
  the 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  spots 
  are 
  less 
  clearly 
  

   defined, 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  area 
  above 
  them 
  is 
  less 
  irregular 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  edge. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  Britain 
  (Caj^tain 
  Cayley 
  Webster). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C-rose 
  Smitli. 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  only 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  tailless 
  species. 
  

  

  XVI.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  PLOTINUS. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  s 
  • 
  Fig. 
  7. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  lilac-blue, 
  with 
  narrow 
  black 
  borders. 
  

  

  Underside 
  black 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  band 
  starting 
  from 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  narrowest, 
  and 
  running 
  obliquely 
  upwards 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  lowest 
  discoidal 
  nervule 
  ; 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  metallic-blue 
  band 
  running 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  along 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  for 
  about 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing. 
  The 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  is 
  marked 
  near 
  its 
  outer 
  angle 
  

   with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  above. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  curved 
  metallic-blue 
  baud 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  oval 
  black 
  spots, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  

   by 
  the 
  metallic 
  blue 
  surrounding 
  them. 
  Towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  this 
  band 
  

   of 
  black 
  spots 
  surrounded 
  with 
  blue 
  narrows 
  almost 
  to 
  a 
  point. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  

   crossed 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  band, 
  which 
  is 
  narrowest 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  black 
  ; 
  base 
  with 
  some 
  scattered 
  blue 
  scales 
  ; 
  and 
  

   traversed 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  placed 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  narrower, 
  

   and 
  with 
  its 
  upper 
  edge 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  entire. 
  

  

  Underside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  the 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  is 
  more 
  

   distinct 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  