82 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on new 



28. Thysonotis mamherano, sp. n. 



Nearest helga, Gr.-Sm., from Jobi. 



(J. Upperside with narrower margins on both wings. 

 Fore wing with an indistinct white band from inner margin 

 to vein 4. Hind wing with white band narrower, leaving 

 more basal blue than in helga. 



Underside of fore wing with broader costal blue beyond 

 cell, and between veins 2 and 3 the blue line almost touches 

 the white band. Hind wing with white band as above. 



Length of fore wing 20 mm. 



1 (J , River Mamberano, N. Dutch New Guinea, Dec. 1913. 



29. Thysonotis melane, sp. n. 

 (PI. \ll. fig. 7.) 



S . upperside black, hind wing paler at costal margin. 



Underdde with black ground-colour. Fore icing with 

 white median band from inner margin to vein 5, narrowing 

 anteriorly and incurved on outer edge ; basal two-thirds of 

 costa blue. Hind vnng with white discal band narrowing 

 sharply to inner margin, a basal blue line, a marginal row of 

 black spots edged with blue and separated by the veins. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black, paler below ; antennae 

 black. 



Length of fore wing 15 mm. 



A small series, 3000-4000 ^QQt, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



30. Wnigeum baJceri, sp. n. 

 (PI. VII. fig. 8.) 



Not nearly allied to any known form. 



? . Upperside. — Fore wing black, with a broad, somewhat 

 ovate, white median patcii, extending from base and entering 

 cell along its lower edge, covering basal half of vein 2, more 

 still of vein 3, and nearly reaching 4, where it is about 3 mm. 

 from margin ; a short basal stripe of metallic greenish blue 

 in the cell and a short basal stripe of very pale metallic blue 

 on inner margin reaching to edge of median patch. Hind 

 wing black ; costa white to vein 7 ; a little greenish-blue 

 scaling at the base. Fringes white between the veins. 



Underside with black ground-colour. Fore icing with a 

 broad white median patch tinged slightly with yellow, 

 broader than above, reaching the submarginal spots between 

 veins 2 and 4, and extended as a line to apex and round to 

 the subapical bar; costa metallic greenish blue traversed by 



