﻿LYC^NID^ 
  (Oriental). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  IX. 
  

   IIOLOCHILA. 
  I. 
  

  

  I.— 
  IIOLOCHILA 
  TPJNGA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

  

  Holochila 
  Tr'uifja, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologies," 
  I., 
  p. 
  581 
  

   (July, 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1% 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  bright 
  blue, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  greyish-black, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  broadly 
  grey. 
  The 
  anterior 
  wings 
  are 
  

   somewhat 
  violaceous. 
  

  

  Underside 
  silvery 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  grey 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  

   disc 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  

   the 
  submedian 
  ner^^lre, 
  where 
  the 
  lines 
  converge, 
  and 
  almost 
  join. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  irregular 
  grey 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  disc, 
  and 
  a 
  transverse 
  row 
  

   of 
  grey 
  lines 
  nearer 
  the 
  base, 
  commencing 
  below 
  the 
  costal 
  nervure 
  and 
  crossing 
  

   the 
  cell 
  about 
  its 
  middle, 
  beneath 
  which 
  are 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  gi'ey 
  spots 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  between 
  the 
  veins 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  dots. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Himibolt 
  Bay, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Sept.-Oct., 
  1892), 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose-Smitli 
  and 
  the 
  Hon. 
  W. 
  Rothschild. 
  

   Five 
  males 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  II.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  SUBEOSEA. 
  s 
  • 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Holochila 
  Suhrosca, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  "Novitates 
  Zoologicae," 
  I., 
  p. 
  580 
  

   (July, 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  ^ 
  11; 
  $ 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  paler 
  slaty-blue 
  than 
  in 
  II. 
  Silicca 
  ( 
  infra 
  j, 
  but 
  some- 
  

   what 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  OCTOBER, 
  1896. 
  4 
  A 
  

  

  