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nently varied with white, but shows the dark under-surface 

 markings more distinctly than in that sex of L. larydas ; the 

 oround-colour below is of a pearl-ash tint, rendering the 

 darker markings less prominent than in the allied species. 



Expanse of wings, ^ 28, ? 31 millim. 



Nyasaland [Johnston & Deioar). 



Lycoenesthes amboinensis, sp. n. 



The male nearly approaches L. emolus, but is of a more 

 satiny lavender colour, with the usual slender blackish mar- 

 ginal line ; the secondaries with a slender greyish submarginal 

 line, preceded by black spots, linear towards apex, but in- 

 creasing to good-sized spots towards the anal angle : on the 

 under surface the pattern scarcely differs from that of 

 L. emolus, but the white edges to the bands are clearer, 

 rendering them more prominent, the submarginal spots on the 

 secondaries are all blackish, and the orange extends into the 

 lunate markings on each side of the largest spot. 



Expanse of wings 37 millim. 



The female (of which there is an example in the Hewltson 

 series) much resembles a very large L. Turjieri, but the 

 secondaries are altogether greyer, much less tinted with 

 lavender, the borders of the dark brown submarginal spots 

 being white bounded behind by a brown and then a macular 

 white band : on the under surface tiie wings are rather more 

 varied with white than in the male, and the outer bands are 

 more sharply defined. 



Expanse of wings 37 millim, 



Amboina [J. J. Walker and A. B. Wallace). 



This is a larger species than L. lyccenoides from the same 

 island, and differs in its lavender (not lilac) colour, more 

 satiny gloss, the continuous submarginal black spots followed 

 by a greyish (not white) line on the secondaries, and the better 

 defined and much more regular markings on the under 

 surface. A male in the Hewitson collection from Ceram 

 appears to be referable to Felder's species. 



Lyccenesthes violacea, sp. n. 



^ . Satiny violet above, with black marginal line and 

 brown fringe, the base dark, almost black in tiie secondaries, 

 which also bear a submarginal series of sharply defined black 

 spots, conical towards anal angle; thorax clothed with ashy 

 hairs : on the under surface the pattern nearly resembles that 

 of L. emolus, but the secondaries are a little more suffused 

 with silvery blue at the base of the abdominal fold, and the 



