new Tli}ii(.luhu anti Pyialidip. 217 



nutallic ])lnc-1)luck basal band from below costa, purvod and 

 rminiiijj^ along inner niar;xiii, and bounded by a blue-black 

 band varviiij;^ in width; a blue-black patch in cud of cell, 

 sometimes with a patch below the end ; the interspaces of 

 oiiter third of wiufj broadly streaked with bluc-ldack, the 

 streak in discal fold expanding; at ba-al eiul. Hind win;^ 

 bbick with very broad curved bluish-white band occupvini; 

 nearly half the wing ; cilia of Ijutli wings black tipped with 

 white. 



Hub. QuKENSLAND, CooktowD, Ccdar 13ay. Exp. 30 mm. 

 Ty[)e in Coll. Rothschild. 



(5 a.) Vitessa vitialis, sp. n. 



?. Head and thorax orange; third joint of palpi and 

 aulennie black ; tcguhe and shoulders with metallic-blue 

 patclies ; pectus and legs black wiili some metallic-blue 

 scales ; mid and hind legs with whitish stripes on femora 

 and the extremity of tibiic whitish; abdomen black-brown, 

 the ventral surface shot with metallic blue, lateral and ventral 

 A\hite segmental lines, the anal tuft orange. Fore wing 

 black shot with metallic blue; a subbasal orange band from 

 just below costa to vein 1 ; a narrow white antemedid band ; 

 a somewhat obli([ue white band from upper angle of cell to 

 vein 1, njunded above and pointed below; the veins of 

 terminal area streaked with \\hite ; cilia white at tips. Hind 

 wing black shot with metallic blue; cilia white at tips; the 

 underside with the veins streaked with white towards termeu. 

 Hub. Fiji, 1 ? type. Ej-p. CO mm. 



(5 b.) Vitessa cyanea, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax bright orange ; third joint of palpi, 

 antennic, and spots on collar and teguhe bhick ; abdomen 

 black with ventral white bands, anal tuft orange. Fore wing 

 metallic blue-black, with small orange basal patch with black 

 sj)ot on it ; a bluish-white antemedial line, slightly bent 

 inwards to costa and not reaching inner margin; a largo 

 discal wliite patch with its outer edge dentate and with 

 streaks on the veins towards apex. Hind wing black; cilia 

 of both wings black tij)ped with white. 



ILib. X. (jlinea, Fcrgusson Island, 1 J type. Exp. 

 4-1 mm. 



(8.) Vitessa unij>cctinahs, sp. n. 



Antcnn.T of male unipcctiuate, with long branches, tiic 

 apex serrate. 



