512 ARCTIADJ3. 



*3S2 a. (Eonistis lifuensis. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 7.) 



(Eonistis lifuensis, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 225 (1912). 



S . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; antennae and palpi black ; 

 upper edge of patagia and dorsum of thorax with black-brown 

 patches, the metathorax with blue-black patch ; fore and mid legs 

 with the extremities of femora, the tibiae and tarsi black-brown, 

 the hind legs with the extremities of femora, the base and ex- 

 tremities of tibiae and the extremities of tarsi black-brown ; 

 abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing pale yellow ; the costa black- 

 brown suffused with metallic blue to towards apex ; a narrow 

 black-brown discoidal band suffused with metallic blue, expanding 

 on inner side into a quadrate patch below the cell, and a rather 

 conical postmedial patch between vein 6 and the submedian fold. 

 Hind wing pale yellow. 



$ . Fore wing silvery white tinged with yellow ; hind wing 

 yellowish white. 



Hab. Loyalty Is., Lifu, type t d\ $ in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. 6 32, 2 42 millim. 



382 b. (Eonistis bicolora. 



(Eonistis bicolora, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 420, pi. vi. f. 34 (1904). 



Head blue-black ; palpi crimson, lower part of frons greyish ; 

 thorax ochreous with the tegular tipped with crimson, the dorsum 

 blackish with blue spot on metathorax ; legs crimson with the fore 

 and mid tibiae and tarsi and the base of hind tibiae black above ; 

 abdomen ochreous, orange at extremity. Fore wing ochreous with 

 the costal edge tinged with crimson ; a bluish streak below costa to 

 beyond middle ; some brown suffusion below middle of costa and a 

 black streak on middle of subcostal nervure ; an elliptical blue 

 medial spot from cell to above inner margin confluent with a blue 

 fascia below end of cell, bent up round its lower angle. Hind wing 

 orange-yellow. Underside with the costal area of both wings 

 suffused with crimson. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000' (Pratt), type t c? in Coll. 

 Betmme-Baker, Owgarra (Meek), 1 S , Biagi Mambare (Meek), 

 1 $ ; GtOODenoitgh I. {Meek), 1 d . Exp. 44 millim. 



*382c. (Eonistis bistrigata. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 8.) 



(Eonistis bistrigata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 225 (1912). 



c? . Head and thorax brown with a metallic blue gloss, the frons 

 with a yellow bar above, the basal joint of antennae yellow in front ; 

 tegulae yellow at base and with deep crimson tips ; patagia yellow 

 except upper edge ; palpi, pectus, and legs deep crimson, the fore 

 legs and mid tibiae and basal joint of tarsi in front and base of 

 hind tibiae black-brown glossed with blue ; abdomen orange-yellow. 

 Fore wing orange-yellow; the costal edge crimson with a dark 



