﻿LYCENID^ 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  HOLOCHILA. 
  H 
  

  

  XYII.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  MARGINATA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  

  

  HoIochUa 
  Marginata, 
  H. 
  Grose- 
  Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicae," 
  Vol. 
  I., 
  

   p. 
  579 
  (July, 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  More 
  violaceous-purple 
  than 
  H. 
  Inti'imi, 
  Butl., 
  and 
  

   I{. 
  Ilias, 
  Feld. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  apical 
  third, 
  and 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  very 
  broadly 
  brown-black. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  

   paler 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  rather 
  broadly 
  brown-black, 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  

   the 
  dark 
  baud 
  being 
  irregular 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  more 
  acutely 
  angulated 
  at 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Differs 
  from 
  both 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  veins 
  on 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  not 
  being 
  tipped 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Humboldt 
  Bay 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  XYIII.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  ZISKA. 
  S. 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  $. 
  Fig. 
  13. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  S 
  1| 
  inches 
  ; 
  ? 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  H. 
  Phllotus, 
  Feld., 
  but 
  more 
  iridescent, 
  

   and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  is 
  more 
  acute 
  ; 
  in 
  certain 
  lights 
  the 
  apex 
  

   and 
  costal 
  margin 
  are 
  brownish-black. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  is 
  rather 
  broadly 
  white. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Brownish 
  silvery 
  white. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  iridescent 
  rather 
  dull 
  blue. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  the 
  base, 
  costal 
  and 
  outer 
  margins 
  broadly 
  greyish-black 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  broadly 
  greyish-brown, 
  and 
  outer 
  margin 
  more 
  

   narrowly 
  greyish-black, 
  the 
  veins 
  crossing 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  conspicuously 
  greyish- 
  

   black, 
  which 
  colour 
  gradually 
  widens 
  along 
  the 
  veins 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  

  

  margin. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  As 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kapaur, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose-Smilh's 
  Collection. 
  

  

  