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  LYC^NID.E 
  (oKIENTAl). 
  — 
  HOLOCHILA. 
  

  

  XXI.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  AGATHA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1| 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  hright 
  shining 
  bhie, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  costal 
  and 
  outer 
  margins 
  very 
  broadly 
  black. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  

   outer 
  marginal 
  black 
  band 
  is 
  narrower 
  and 
  partially 
  invades 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  along 
  

   the 
  veins. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  pale 
  greyish-brown, 
  cilia 
  white 
  crossed 
  by 
  black 
  

   at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  veins. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Milne 
  Bay. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  shaped 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  Intensa, 
  Butl. 
  and 
  

   H. 
  Marginata, 
  G-rose-Smith, 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  XXII.— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  MOIRA. 
  i. 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  ?. 
  Fig. 
  11. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  not 
  quite 
  1:|^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  H. 
  Eegina, 
  Butler, 
  but 
  more 
  broadly 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  darker 
  and 
  more 
  broadly 
  grey 
  on 
  

   the 
  costal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  differs 
  little 
  from 
  H. 
  Regina, 
  but 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  very 
  

   narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  cilia 
  are 
  more 
  conspicuously 
  crossed 
  by 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  veins. 
  

  

  Female. 
  On 
  the 
  upperside 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  is 
  a 
  blue 
  patch 
  below 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  which 
  is 
  darker 
  and 
  more 
  restricted 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  sex 
  of 
  H. 
  Eegina, 
  and 
  

   both 
  wings 
  are 
  darker 
  brown 
  : 
  cilia 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  crossed 
  by 
  

   brown 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  veins. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ferguson 
  Island 
  (Meek). 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith's 
  Collection. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  insect 
  than 
  H. 
  Eegina. 
  

  

  XXIIL— 
  HOLOCHILA 
  GEANDIS. 
  

  

  3fale. 
  Upperside. 
  Dull 
  purple, 
  broadly 
  bordered 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  outer 
  

   margins 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  by 
  brownish-black, 
  cilia 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  white, 
  crossed 
  at 
  

   the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  by 
  brownish-black, 
  narrowly 
  on 
  the 
  anterior, 
  and 
  more 
  

   conspicuously 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  