﻿LYCENID.E 
  (oriental) 
  . 
  — 
  EPI 
  JIASTIDIA. 
  

  

  II.— 
  EPIMASTIDIA 
  SODALIS. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  11 
  inch. 
  

  

  Fiinalc. 
  UrPERsiDE 
  black 
  towards 
  the 
  margins, 
  and 
  grey, 
  dusted 
  with 
  pale 
  

   blue 
  to\Yards 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  two 
  colours 
  being 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  band, 
  

   not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  shading 
  into 
  the 
  grey 
  

   colour 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white, 
  with 
  broad 
  brown 
  hind 
  margins, 
  and 
  costa 
  of 
  anterior 
  

   wings 
  edged 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line. 
  On 
  the 
  border 
  stands 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  large 
  oblong 
  

   black 
  spots 
  between 
  the 
  uervures, 
  bordered 
  within 
  by 
  bluish-white 
  curves, 
  and 
  

   crossed 
  outwardly 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  subtriaugular 
  white 
  spots 
  edged 
  with 
  bright 
  blue 
  

   scales. 
  

  

  Body 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  Alhocccndca. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  Britain 
  (Webster, 
  1894). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  so 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  last, 
  except 
  in 
  colour, 
  that 
  the 
  authors 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  dismorphic 
  female 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  However, 
  on 
  careful 
  com2:)arison, 
  

   the 
  following 
  differences 
  were 
  observed, 
  apart 
  from 
  colour 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Uppeeside 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  is 
  distinctly 
  broader, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  wings, 
  but 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings. 
  On 
  the 
  Underside 
  the 
  brown 
  

   border 
  is 
  paler, 
  narrower, 
  and 
  more 
  regularly 
  situated, 
  and 
  is 
  suddenly 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   angle 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings. 
  The 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  submarginal 
  markings 
  is 
  white, 
  rather 
  than 
  blue, 
  

   and 
  the 
  outer 
  row, 
  which 
  is 
  indicated 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  forms 
  regular 
  bases 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  

   blue 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  in 
  E. 
  Alhocxridea, 
  is 
  here 
  entirely 
  absent. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  is 
  possibly 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  E. 
  Arienis, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce, 
  " 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London," 
  1891, 
  p. 
  365, 
  pi. 
  32, 
  fig. 
  2, 
  from 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islanda 
  (Florida 
  

   Island). 
  It 
  agrees 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Druce's 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  his 
  insect, 
  in 
  tlie 
  characters 
  in 
  which 
  

   E. 
  Arienis 
  differs 
  fi'om 
  E. 
  Albocxrulea. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LAMPIDES. 
  

  

  I.— 
  LAMPIDES 
  ECLECTUS. 
  ^ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  12, 
  13. 
  $. 
  Fig. 
  14. 
  

  

  Lampidcs 
  Eclectus, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicae," 
  I., 
  p. 
  589 
  

   (1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  ^ 
  . 
  1\ 
  inches 
  ; 
  ? 
  . 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  APRIL, 
  1897. 
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