﻿LYC.ENID.E 
  (OKIENTAL). 
  THYSONOTIS. 
  53 
  

  

  between 
  the 
  veins 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  tiie 
  bhick 
  Imnd 
  is 
  indented 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  indentation 
  being 
  filled 
  by 
  violaceous 
  blue 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  white, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  is 
  narrowly 
  dark 
  grey, 
  witli 
  an 
  irroration 
  of 
  violaceous 
  

   blue 
  scales 
  ; 
  one 
  slender 
  black 
  tail. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  white, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  third 
  dark 
  brown, 
  indented 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  edge. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  dark 
  area 
  is 
  widest 
  towards 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin, 
  and 
  in 
  it 
  is 
  situated 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  oval 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  narrow 
  grey 
  rings, 
  inside 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  darker 
  

   spots, 
  edged 
  internally 
  by 
  indistinct 
  grey 
  lines 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  brown 
  strealc 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  which 
  extends 
  half-way 
  along 
  the 
  costa, 
  with 
  a 
  basal 
  grey 
  streak 
  on 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin. 
  In 
  the 
  dark 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  

   of 
  black 
  lunules, 
  crowned 
  by 
  metallic 
  blue 
  lunules, 
  except 
  the 
  lunule 
  near 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  which 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  grey, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  indistinct 
  grey 
  mark- 
  

   ings 
  above 
  the 
  other 
  lunules. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  resembles 
  the 
  male, 
  except 
  that 
  tlio 
  blue 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  upper- 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  absent. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kapaur, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  elevation 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  In 
  tlio 
  CoUectious 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rotlisohild 
  (types) 
  and 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith. 
  

  

  Nearest 
  to 
  T. 
  Mindartu^, 
  Feld., 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  rounder, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  smaller. 
  The 
  female 
  of 
  

   this 
  Butterfly 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  me, 
  in 
  Vol. 
  IV. 
  of 
  " 
  Novitatos 
  Zoologicae," 
  by 
  mistate, 
  as 
  the 
  

   male, 
  and 
  the 
  male 
  was 
  subsequently 
  described 
  by 
  rae, 
  in 
  Vol. 
  V. 
  of 
  that 
  book, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   T. 
  Olfja. 
  I 
  have 
  above 
  made 
  use 
  of 
  my 
  description 
  of 
  T. 
  Olya 
  as 
  the 
  correct 
  description 
  of 
  

   T. 
  Alhula, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  " 
  T. 
  Ohja 
  " 
  becomes 
  a 
  synonym. 
  

  

  XXVII.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  CCELINUS. 
  $. 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  $. 
  Fig. 
  12. 
  

  

  Thijsonotis 
  t'a'Jinus, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologies," 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  p. 
  lOG 
  

   (1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1-| 
  inches. 
  

  

  Mule. 
  Upperside, 
  Both 
  wings 
  duller 
  blue 
  than 
  in 
  7'. 
  Cuclius, 
  Feld., 
  and 
  

   T. 
  HjiiiK'tiis, 
  Feld., 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  which 
  latter 
  species 
  it 
  closely 
  resembles, 
  but 
  the 
  

   black 
  marginal 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  wider 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  and 
  

   the 
  wings 
  arc 
  less 
  elongate. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Differs 
  from 
  T. 
  Hijmelun 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wungs 
  in 
  its 
  white 
  

   discal 
  band 
  being 
  narrower 
  and 
  approaching 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  On 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  is 
  also 
  rather 
  narrower; 
  the 
  metallic 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  band 
  is 
  more 
  azure-blue, 
  and 
  its 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  edges 
  are 
  straight. 
  

  

  