004 at?cttad..i:. 



black, white at tips ; pectus and femora shot with blue, fore tibiae 

 and hind femora with some white ; abdomen black ; the anal tuft 

 white below. Fore wing with the base black shot with metallic 

 green, followed by a bright yellow oblique triangular band, narrow 

 at costa, expanding very broadly on inner margin to well beyond 

 middle and bounded by a strong brilliant blue line; the rest of 

 wing orange-red, the costal edge black, a terminal black band rather 

 broader towards apex and shot with purple. Hind wing black with 

 large bright yellow triangular medial band extending on costa from 

 near base to beyond middle and ending on termen at vein 1 ; the 

 underside with orange-red apical patch. 



Sab. Solomon Is., Choiseul I. (Meek), type f $ in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 28 millim. 



002. Caprimima albicollis, insert : — 



Damias elegans, Boisd. Voy.- Astrolabe, Lep. p. 259 (1832) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Het, p. 397, 



winch has priority. 



Subsp. 1. mendax, Boths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 419 (1901). 



6 . Tegulae blue-black ; antenna' white at tips ; hind wing with 

 the white area broader towards inner margin. 



Sab. New Guinea, Humboldt Bay (Dolierii/), type f 6 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. 



This is the only species known to have veins 10, 11 of the 

 fore wing from a point or stalked in the male. 



*G02/. Caprimima germana. 



Caprimima germana, Boths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 241 (1912). 



Fore wing of male on underside with a large patch of rough 

 upturned hair on medial part of costal area. 



6 . Head and thorax black-brown glossed with metallic blue ; 

 coxae white, the tibiae and 1st joint of tarsi with white bands ; 



Fig. 181. — Caprimima germana, $ . \. 



abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft with white patch below. Fore 

 wing black-brown, the base suffused with metallic blue ; a broad 

 white antemedial band with sinuous edges, its outer edge oblique; 

 a round white spot beyond upper angle of cell ; abroad deep red 

 subterminal band from below costa to above inner margin, its inner 



