﻿LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  THYSONOTIS. 
  40 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  tailless, 
  Init 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   sinuatecl 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  Fringes 
  black, 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  thorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  bluish 
  or 
  greenish 
  hair. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Stephansort, 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Captain 
  Cayley 
  Webster). 
  

  

  la 
  the 
  Colloctiou 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

   Allied 
  to 
  T. 
  Plateni, 
  Smith 
  auJ 
  Kirbv. 
  

  

  XVII.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  ESME. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  8, 
  9. 
  

  

  Thijsonotis 
  Esine, 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History" 
  ser. 
  6, 
  vol. 
  13, 
  p. 
  501 
  (June, 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  resembles 
  T. 
  Ccphcis, 
  Druce. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  more 
  cinereous-grey, 
  with 
  the 
  pale 
  spaces 
  on 
  them 
  

   more 
  cinereous-white. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  pale 
  space 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  

   so 
  far 
  over 
  the 
  disk 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  margin. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  

   metallic 
  colouring 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  discal 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  more 
  bluish 
  and 
  less 
  golden-green, 
  while 
  the 
  black 
  velvety 
  

   spots 
  in 
  the 
  band 
  are 
  more 
  extended 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  is 
  

   further 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  and 
  more 
  convex 
  between 
  the 
  veins. 
  Both 
  wings 
  

   are 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  Britain 
  (Webster, 
  1894). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collectiou 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  described 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  specimen. 
  

  

  THYSONOTIS 
  SNELLENI. 
  g. 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  $. 
  Fig. 
  12. 
  

  

  On 
  further 
  consideration 
  we 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  specimens 
  figured 
  under 
  this 
  

   name 
  are 
  hardly 
  distinct 
  from 
  T. 
  Ariianiis, 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  figured 
  by 
  us 
  on 
  

   our 
  last 
  plate 
  of 
  Thysoiiotis 
  (Oriental 
  Lycienidae 
  VII. 
  Thysonotis 
  III., 
  figures 
  

   1 
  ^., 
  3, 
  4 
  ?. 
  

  

  We 
  regret 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  by 
  an 
  error 
  in 
  lettering 
  the 
  last 
  plate, 
  fig. 
  *2, 
  which 
  

   represents 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  '1'. 
  llomilcar, 
  has 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  the 
  underside 
  

   of 
  T. 
  Jnjanus 
  S 
  . 
  We 
  therefore 
  propose 
  to 
  withdraw 
  the 
  name 
  2'. 
  Snelleni 
  (as 
  n 
  

   s\Tionym 
  of 
  T. 
  Anjaniis), 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  following 
  corrections 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  