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  LYC^NID^ 
  (oriental). 
  — 
  THYSONOTIS. 
  

  

  not 
  lunulate 
  as 
  iu 
  T. 
  Hijnictits, 
  the 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  band 
  being 
  quadrate 
  instead 
  of 
  

   lunulate. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Uppeeside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  dull 
  glossy 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  bluish 
  

   suffusion 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  extends 
  over 
  an 
  indis- 
  

   tinct 
  narrow 
  pale 
  area 
  representing 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  and 
  

   ceasing 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  pale 
  area 
  is 
  

   subbasal 
  and 
  indistinct. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  "With 
  the 
  white 
  bands 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  very 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Felder's 
  figure 
  of 
  that 
  sex 
  of 
  T. 
  Hiimetiis, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  

   the 
  white 
  bands 
  do 
  not 
  approach 
  so 
  closely 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   wings 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  azure-blue 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  metallic 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  band 
  of 
  T. 
  Coelimts 
  and 
  the 
  greenish-blue 
  of 
  T. 
  Hijmctus 
  is 
  very 
  marked. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ferguson 
  Island 
  (Meek). 
  

  

  Iu 
  the 
  Tring 
  Museum 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smitli's 
  Collection 
  (types, 
  $ 
  2 
  )• 
  

   TLe 
  females 
  of 
  tbis 
  species 
  differ 
  very 
  much 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  T. 
  Hymetus. 
  On 
  the 
  upperside 
  

   they 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  unlike 
  to 
  T. 
  Eudocia, 
  Druce, 
  but 
  the 
  jiale 
  area 
  is 
  more 
  obscure 
  and 
  restricted 
  

   than 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  which, 
  moreover, 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  bluish 
  suffusion. 
  

  

  XXVIII.— 
  THYSONOTIS 
  NEEINE. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  13, 
  U. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  caerulean 
  blue, 
  paler 
  than 
  iu 
  T. 
  Taygetus, 
  

   Feld., 
  to 
  which 
  group 
  this 
  species 
  belongs. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  irrorated 
  by 
  white 
  

   in 
  the 
  lower 
  outer 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  below 
  it. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   a 
  broad 
  white 
  band 
  crossing 
  the 
  wings 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  tail 
  ; 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  narrow'ly 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  greyish-black, 
  with 
  an 
  elongate 
  triangular 
  

   yellowish-white 
  area, 
  which 
  extends 
  over 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  

   above 
  the 
  uppermost 
  median 
  nervule, 
  partially 
  invading 
  the 
  cell, 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  streak 
  of 
  blue 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Posterior 
  wings 
  greyish-black, 
  crossed 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  yellowish- 
  

   white 
  band, 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  rather 
  irregular 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  submarginal 
  

   band 
  of 
  dark 
  blue 
  crosses 
  the 
  disc, 
  in 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  large 
  

   subcorneal 
  black 
  spots 
  between 
  the 
  veins 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  broad 
  costal 
  band 
  

   of 
  blue 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ron 
  Island 
  (Doherty). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Eothschild. 
  

  

  