ODIt'K. 



547 



*49 e. Odice mutans. 

 Phalamoides mutans, Roths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 220, pi. 9. f. 4 (1901). 



6 . Head and thorax greyish In-own ; palpi in front and the hair 

 on pectus and legs orange-yellow; abdomen fuscous black, the 

 ventral surface whitish except towards extremity. _ Fore wing 

 uniform dark brown with a cupreous tinge. Hind wing black; a 

 large white patch in and below end of cell, edged with metallic blue 

 diffused towards base of wing. Underside of fore wing with some 

 metallic blue on basal area; a slight blue and white bar in end of 

 cell and a series of three small white spots beyond the cell between 

 veins 2 and 5 and bine spot above 5 ; hind win-,' with more metallic; 

 Mue on basal and inner areas. 



Hah. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R., type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild; 

 E.rp. 46 millim. 



49/. Odice aurea. 



Argyrolepidia aurea, Roths. Nov, Zool. x. p. 315, pi. 12. f. 21 (1903J ; 



Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schm. xi. Ind.-Austr. ii. p. 24, pi. 3 a (1912). 

 Argyrolepidia aurea, subsp .fervida, Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schin. xi. Ind.-Austr. ii. 



p. 24 (1912). 



8 . Head and thorax blue-black ; palpi white at base and at sides 

 of 2nd joint; sides of irons and vertex of head and genas white ; 

 le-ul.e slightly fringed with white ; pectus and hair on fore femora 

 yellowish white ; abdomen orange, the basal segment black, the 2nd 

 segment with black band, the ventral surface black, except the last 

 two segments, with white bands and with white ventral stripe except 

 on last" three segments. Fore wing black shot with blue ; a broad 

 deep orange band from costa beyond middle where it is slightly 

 dilated to tornus where it is bent inwards above inner margin. 

 Hind wing black shot with blue and with orange band from belo\v 

 costa beyond middle expanding towards inner margin where it 

 extends from near base to tornus, its outer edge rounded. 



Rah. Dutch N. Guixea, Oetakwa R. (Meek), 1 d,tvpe f 8 

 fervida in Coll. Rothschild; Br. N. Guixea, Aroa R. {Meek), 

 16, type t 8 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 50 millim. 



Page 555. Genus PHAL^NOIDES, insert :— Type< 



Entactis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 279(1827) tristifica. 



Platagarista, Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schm. xi. Ind.-Austr. ii. p. 21 



(1912) tetrapleu ra. 



*56 a. Phalamoides resplendens. 



Phalxnoides resplendens, Roths. Nov. Zool. x. p. 487, pi. 12. f. 37 (1903) ; 



Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schm. xi. Ind.-Austr. ii. p. 23, pi. 4 b. 



8 . Head black ; 1st joint of palpi and sides of 2nd joint orange, 



the 2nd joint fringed with grey ; sides of frons and vertex of head 



and gense grey ; thorax blue-black ; shoulders and front of teguke 



— IN — 



