﻿LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  HOLOCHILA. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1| 
  inch. 
  

  

  il/a/c. 
  Uppeeside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  brownish-grey, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  patch 
  which 
  

   covers 
  a 
  triangular 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  ; 
  its 
  rounded 
  apex 
  commences 
  

   near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  has 
  its 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

   Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  patch 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  

   from 
  the 
  apex 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  thence 
  across 
  the 
  wings, 
  invading 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule, 
  whence 
  it 
  shades 
  into 
  the 
  browTi- 
  

   grey 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Slightly 
  shaded 
  with 
  bro■v\^l 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  margins. 
  

   Cilia 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  and 
  mottled 
  with 
  grey 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  

   on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  white, 
  very 
  narrowly 
  ringed 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  club 
  rufous 
  beneath. 
  

   Legs 
  white 
  ; 
  knees, 
  tibiag 
  and 
  tarsi 
  broadly 
  ringed 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

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

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  W. 
  Eothschild. 
  

  

  IX.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  EEGINA. 
  g. 
  Fig. 
  6. 
  $. 
  Fig. 
  7. 
  

  

  Holochila 
  Ecginci, 
  Butler, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  6, 
  vol. 
  10, 
  p. 
  150 
  (August, 
  1882). 
  

  

  Exp, 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  3Ialc. 
  Upperside. 
  Brilliant 
  cobalt-blue, 
  with 
  moderately 
  broad 
  black 
  

   borders 
  ; 
  fringes 
  slightly 
  marked 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Underside 
  bluish-white, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fringes, 
  which 
  

   are 
  spotted 
  with 
  black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  and 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  round 
  black 
  spot 
  opposite 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  patch, 
  shot 
  with 
  

   silvery-blue, 
  extending 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  submedian 
  nervures 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  below 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  Anteniife 
  black, 
  narrowly 
  ringed 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  club 
  mostly 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  and 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  legs 
  broadly 
  ringed 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Duke-of- 
  York-Island 
  (types) 
  and 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  and 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith. 
  

  

  