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



28. Thysonotts mamherano, sp. n. 



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



cJ . Upperside with narrower margins on botli wings. 

 Fore wing with an indistinct white hand 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. Eind wing with white band as above. 



Length of fore wing 20 mm. 



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



29. Thysonotts melane, sp. n. 

 (PI. YTI. fig. 7.) 



^ , Upperside black, hind wing paler at costal margin. 



Under.^ide with black ground-colour. Fore wing with 

 ■white median band from inner margin to vein 5, narrowing 

 anteriorl}' and incurved on outer edge ; basal two-thirds of 

 costa blue. Hind vnng with wliite discal band narrowing 

 shar|)ly 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 ; antennse 

 black. 



Length of fore wing 15 mm. 



A small series, 3000-4000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



30. Waigeum baJceri, sp. n. 

 (PI. VIL fig. 8.) 



Not nearly allied to any known form. 



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

 ovate, white median patch, 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 wing 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 



