252 Mr. H. H. Druce on Three new 



XXVII. — Descriptions of Three new Ljcaenidae/rom New 

 Guinea. Bv HAMILTON H. DiiUCE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



The followinfi; descriptions are taken from specimens cap- 

 tured bj Mr. William Dolierty at Humboldt Bay, Xorth New 

 Guinea, and which are now in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's 

 collection. 



PSEUDONOTIS, gen. nov. 



Allied to Thysonotis. Differs from that genus by the 

 costal nervure being free its entire length and by the subcostal 

 nervure emitting three branches only in place of four, the 

 first of which is emitted rather beyond the middle of the cell, 

 the second slightly more than halfway between the first and 

 third, the third arising at the end of the cell and reaching 

 the margin considerably before the apex. Legs and palpi 

 more slender and not so densely hairy. Eyes smooth. 

 Type Myrina antipha^ Hew. 



Hewitson, when describing his Myrina antipha and Myrina 

 anchnria (111. Diurn. Lep. Suppl. pp. 7, 8, 1873), remarked 

 that it was not satisfactory to him to place them in the genus 

 Myrina^ but that he had done so because the Felders had 

 included in it their Myrina danis and Myrina Lorquinii. 



There are, I believe, four described species in the genus, 



viz. : — P. antipha^ Hew., from Am Island ; P. ancharia, 



Hew., from Waigiou; P. Lorquinii, Feld., from Aru Island 



and Gilolo ; and the species described below as P. HnmhoJdti. 



Myrina danis^ Feld., cannot, in m}^ opinion, be placed in 



this genus as, besides possessing two tails and a distinct lobe 



to anal angle, it presents a somewhat different arrangement 



of the ncrvules in the fore wing, the costal nervure and the 



first subcostal ncrvule being bent towards each other and 



running side by side for some short distance. The palpi, as 



pointed out by Dr. Felder, are different, the third joint Ijeing 



longer and the second shorter ; the eyes also are hairy. 



It is closely allied to Hypohjcccna. 



Pscudonotis TlumhoJdti, sp. n. 



Allied to P. ancharia, Ilew. 



cJ. Upperside : blue more extensive, especially in the hind 

 wing, where it reaches almost to the marginal row of lunules, 

 white patch on costal margin more restricted centrally. 



Underside : costal margin o( fore wing not brown-bordorod 

 as in other species, outer marginal border wider at angle and 



