﻿LYCJ^NID^ 
  (Oriental). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  XYIII. 
  

   HOLOCHILA. 
  IV. 
  

  

  XIX.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  AURELIA. 
  i. 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  ?. 
  Fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  i^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  A/alr. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  rather 
  dull 
  purple, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  

   more 
  broadly 
  brownish-black 
  than 
  in 
  //. 
  Fhilotas, 
  Feld., 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  rather 
  more 
  acute. 
  

  

  Underside 
  browner 
  than 
  in 
  H. 
  Philotas. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside, 
  Dull 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  basal 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  shining 
  blue, 
  less 
  violaceous 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  sex 
  of 
  T. 
  Fhilutas, 
  and 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  more 
  extended 
  on 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Aru 
  (WaUace). 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith's 
  Collectiou, 
  from 
  the 
  Wilson-Saunders 
  Collection. 
  

  

  XX.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  DUBITATA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  5. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  0. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  H. 
  Auirlia, 
  Init 
  more 
  bluish-purple, 
  

   and 
  the 
  wings 
  rather 
  broader. 
  

  

  Underside 
  rather 
  more 
  greyish-brown. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  more 
  greyish-brown 
  than 
  in 
  Jf. 
  Aurelia, 
  with 
  the 
  blue 
  

   areas 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  more 
  extended 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  margins, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  more 
  clearly 
  defined. 
  

  

  Underside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Milne 
  Bay, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  III., 
  JANUAKT, 
  1899. 
  S 
  

  

  