﻿LYC.ilNID.'E 
  (oriental) 
  . 
  — 
  HOLOCHILA, 
  

  

  IV.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  SUBAEGENTEA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  UrPERsiDE 
  silverj' 
  pale 
  azure-blue 
  or 
  purplish-blue 
  in 
  ditfereut 
  

   lights, 
  with 
  narrow 
  black 
  margins, 
  sinuatcd 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings; 
  fringes 
  

   white 
  ; 
  costal 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  posterior 
  wings 
  whitish. 
  

  

  Underside 
  silvery-white, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  pinkish 
  lustre, 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  indistinct 
  

   linear 
  markings 
  crosses 
  both 
  wings 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  : 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  

   black 
  dot 
  below 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  fork, 
  and 
  with 
  four 
  more 
  

   distinct 
  black 
  dots 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  between 
  the 
  nervures, 
  that 
  nearest 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  linear. 
  There 
  are 
  indications 
  of 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  submargiual 
  lunules 
  crowning 
  

   the 
  black 
  dots. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  York, 
  North 
  Australia. 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collectiou 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudiuger. 
  

  

  Fi'orn 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Freiherr 
  vou 
  Schenck. 
  

  

  v.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  CUPREA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  13. 
  

  

  Pleheius 
  Dimorjihts, 
  var. 
  Cirpreits, 
  Eober, 
  " 
  Correspondenz-Blatt 
  des 
  

   Entomologischen 
  Vereins, 
  ' 
  Iris,' 
  zu 
  Dresden," 
  I., 
  p. 
  62 
  (1884). 
  

  

  3Ialt'. 
  Upperside 
  cupreous-brown, 
  with 
  the 
  marginal 
  line 
  and 
  fringes 
  black 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  wings, 
  with 
  the 
  fourth 
  subcostal 
  nervule, 
  the 
  discoidal 
  and 
  median 
  

   nervules, 
  and 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  broadly 
  incrassated 
  with 
  purplish, 
  except 
  

   towards 
  their 
  extremities. 
  

  

  Underside 
  pearly-white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  indistinct 
  

   linear 
  markings. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  three 
  small 
  black 
  dots 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  

   triangle 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  (which 
  arc 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  obsolete), 
  two 
  above 
  

   and 
  one 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  median 
  nervure 
  ; 
  two 
  zigzag 
  and 
  interrupted 
  submarginal 
  

   lines 
  towards 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  five 
  small 
  black 
  dots 
  between 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  the 
  two 
  nearest 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   being 
  imperfectly 
  separated, 
  and 
  placed 
  above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  greyish-black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  an 
  

   oval 
  white 
  patch 
  extending 
  from 
  before 
  the 
  fork 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  over 
  

   and 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervules 
  for 
  half 
  their 
  length 
  ; 
  between 
  this 
  

   point 
  and 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  dusted 
  with 
  pale 
  blue. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  