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  LYC^NID.E 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  HOLOCHILA. 
  

  

  XII.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  BUTLEEI. 
  g 
  . 
  Fig. 
  13. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  deep 
  purplish- 
  blue, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  borders, 
  except 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  black, 
  including 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  ; 
  incisions 
  white. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  marginal 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  dots, 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  

   line 
  ; 
  a 
  larger 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  narrowly 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  tipped 
  with 
  rufous 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   broadly 
  ringed 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Halmaheira 
  (Gilolo). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  H. 
  Intensa, 
  Butler, 
  but 
  larger, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  deeper 
  purplish-blue. 
  

  

  XIIL— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  FULGENS. 
  g 
  Figs. 
  14, 
  15. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  3Iale. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  subtriangular, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  

   costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  the 
  latter 
  slightly 
  oblique. 
  Rich 
  purple, 
  

   with 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  apical 
  areas 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  broadly 
  black. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  brilliant 
  purplish-blue, 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  broadly, 
  and 
  the 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  narrowly, 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  pearly 
  white, 
  with 
  an 
  oval 
  black 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  submedian 
  

   nervure, 
  at 
  about 
  half 
  its 
  length. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Amboina 
  (Wallace). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson 
  (Natural 
  History 
  

   Museum). 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  H. 
  Butleri 
  by 
  the 
  longer 
  wings, 
  and 
  the 
  different 
  shades 
  of 
  blue. 
  

  

  