﻿LYCENID^.-COriental). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  XXV. 
  

   ARHOPALA. 
  III. 
  

  

  IX.— 
  ARHOPALA 
  ALCESTIS. 
  s 
  . 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Dark 
  bluish-purple, 
  outer 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  closely 
  resemble 
  the 
  specimen 
  which 
  is 
  figured 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson 
  as 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  his 
  A. 
  Alee, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  

   fifth 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  transverse 
  band 
  is 
  more 
  extended 
  outwardly 
  and 
  the 
  sixth 
  spot 
  

   is 
  broader 
  ; 
  the 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  broader 
  and 
  crossed 
  at 
  its 
  middle 
  

   by 
  a 
  curved 
  brownish-white 
  line 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  dull 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  towards 
  the 
  

   base 
  in 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  and 
  the 
  sub-median 
  

   nervure. 
  

  

  The 
  posterior 
  wings 
  scarcely 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  female 
  of 
  

   J. 
  .4/(7' 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  patch 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  sub- 
  

   costal 
  nervules 
  which 
  in 
  Hewitson's 
  figure 
  is 
  coloured 
  brown, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  

   brown 
  markings 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  joined, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  marking 
  being 
  tooth-shaped 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  spot. 
  The 
  cilia 
  are 
  uniformh- 
  

   brown 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  crossed 
  by 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Milne 
  Bay, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (Meek). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  figured 
  I\v 
  Howitson 
  as 
  the 
  foiualc 
  of 
  A. 
  Alee 
  is 
  from 
  Aru, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  the 
  species 
  which 
  he 
  figures 
  as 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  identical 
  with 
  A. 
  Alcestis 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   described 
  separately. 
  

  

  X.— 
  ARHOPALA 
  ATHAIU. 
  i. 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches, 
  

  

  ^fah•. 
  Upperside. 
  Resembles 
  A. 
  Aleestis, 
  but 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  are 
  more 
  

   broadly 
  black, 
  especially 
  so 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  JII., 
  JULY, 
  1902. 
  3 
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