CAPBIMIMA. G07 



*602 I. Caprimima peraffinis. (Plate XXXII. fig. 5.) 

 Caprirrvima peraffinis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 242 (1912). 



5 . Head and thorax black-brown suffused with metallic blue, 

 the patagia white at base ; coxae, femora at extremities, fore tibia? 

 in front, mid tibia? at extremities, hind tibia? and bands on 1st joint 

 of tarsi white ; abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft white below. 

 Fore wing with the base black suffused with blue ; a broad white 

 antemedial band with oblique sinuous outer edge ; the rest of wing 

 cupreous red edged with black-brown. Hind wing white ; the 

 inner area black-brown ; the apical area black-brown narrowing to 

 a point on termen at vein 2 ; cilia black-brown ; the underside with 

 the apex suffused with cupreous red. 



Hah. Bb. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi (Meek), type f 5 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 millim. 



*G02 m. Caprimima postexpansa. (Plate XXXII. fig. G.) 

 Caprimima postexpansa, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 242 (1912). 



Fore wing rather short and broad. 



2 . Head and thorax black suffused with metallic blue, the 

 shoulders with white points, the patagia white at base ; coxa? with 

 white spots, the hind femora at extremities, the tibia? and 1st 

 joint of tarsi with white bands; abdomen black-brown, the anal 

 tuft greyish above, white below. Fore wing with the base black 

 suffused with metallic blue ; a broad white antemedial band, its 

 (.uter edge oblique from eosta to median nervure ; the rest of wing 

 dec]) red narrowly edged with black-brown. Hind wing black- 

 brown ; an oblique white patch extending on costa from near base 

 to beyond middle and along vein 1 to near termen ; some white 

 irroration below extremity of vein 1 ; the underside with red 

 subapical patch. 



Hah. Be. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi (Meek), type f ? in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 millim. 



*6'02 n. Caprimima imitatrix. (Plate XXXII. fig. 7.) 



Caprimima imitatrix, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 241 (1912). 



5 . Head and thorax black-brown, the shoulders with Avhite 

 patches; coxa? white, the fore and hind tibiae white except at base 

 and the tarsi with white band on 1st joint ; abdomen black-brown, 

 the anal tuft white with some brown. Fore wing with the basal 

 half black-brown glossed with metallic blue ; a broad white ante- 

 medial band from below costa to inner margin, its outer edge 

 curved; the terminal half cupreous red witli narrow black-brown 

 margins. Hind wing black-brown with white patch from costa 

 before middle to vein 1 ; its outer edge incurved below vein 2; the 

 underside with the patch wider on outer side except at costa, a 

 large red subapical patch. 



