﻿lyc.i;nidje 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  lampides. 
  

  

  blue, 
  and 
  the 
  dark 
  area 
  bej'ond 
  them 
  is 
  more 
  restricted. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  as 
  

   L. 
  Fch'ctus, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  rounder. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Uppeeside 
  brownish-black, 
  with 
  a 
  common 
  white 
  band, 
  covering 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  their 
  length, 
  and 
  

   extending 
  obliquely 
  upwards 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  for 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  space 
  above 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  is 
  dusted 
  

   with 
  bright 
  blue 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  also 
  bordered 
  with 
  blue 
  outside 
  ; 
  towards 
  

   the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  blue 
  submarginal 
  line. 
  

  

  Underside 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  L. 
  Uclecttts 
  in 
  similar 
  particulars 
  to 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  the 
  dark 
  area 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  of 
  

   L. 
  Parakctus 
  is 
  browner 
  and 
  narrower 
  than 
  on 
  Z. 
  Eclectits, 
  and 
  the 
  blue 
  

   markings 
  are 
  much 
  darker 
  blue. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  Ireland. 
  

  

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

   The 
  male 
  will 
  be 
  figured 
  in 
  a 
  subsequent 
  Part. 
  

  

  