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to half its width. On the hindwing there is a broad blue band distad as well as basad 

 of the snbbasal black band. 

 Expanse 44 mm. Lengt.h of forewing 20 '5 mm. 



2 (JcJ Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 1 S Utakwa River, sea level, Nov. 1912. 



149. Thysonotis phroso concolor subsp. nov. 



(J. Differs from p. 'phroso in its larger size and the uniform blue of the forewings and 

 absence of metallic green on fore- and hindwings. 



$ has the blue at base of wings greyish lavender blue, not bright blue. 



Expanse, cj 54 mm., ? 48 mm. Length of forewing, o 25 mm., ? 22 mm. 



1 cJ, 1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913 ; 2 <?<? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 1 ? 

 Utakwa Eiver, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



150. Thysonotis helga Gr. Smith. 



Thysonotis helga Grose Bmith, Nov. Zool., vol. v. p. 105 (1898) (Jobi Is.). 

 1 tj Base Camp, Nov.— Dec. 1912. 



151. Thysonotis apollonius (Feld.) 



Lycaena apollonius Felder, Reise Novara, Lep., ii. p. 265, No. 317, t. 33, f. 3 (1865) (New Guinea). 



3 33 Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913 : 1 o' 2 ?? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 2 <S3 

 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



152. Thysonotis epicoritus (Boisd.) 



Damis epicoritus Boisd., Voy. Astrol., Lep., p. 67 (1832) (New Guinea). 



Kirby in his Synonymic Catalogue places this as identical with cyanea Cram, from 

 Amboina, but I think wrongly. 

 1 s Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912. 



153. Thysonotis sperchius Feld. 



Thysonotis sperchius Felder, Wicn. Ent. Man., iv. p. 245, No. 93, t. 3, f. 4 (1860) (New Guinea). 

 1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912. 



154. Thysonotis oepheis H. H. Druce. 



Thysonotis cepheis H. H. Druce, P.Z.S., 1891, p. 364, pi. xxxii., ff. 1, 2 (Solomon Islds.). 

 1 o" Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



155. Thysonotis plotinus Gr. Smith. 



Thysonotis plotinus Grose Smith, Rhop. Exot., ii., Or. Lye, pi. viii., ft'. 5, 6, 7, p. 44 (1892-1897) (Ste- 

 phansort). 



1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 2 33 Utakwa River, sea level to 6000 ft., Nov. 1912— 



Jan. 1913 ; 2 ?? Snow Mountains, 4000-6000 ft., Dec. 1912— Jan. 1913. 



