8 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



terior wing from the base to the middle (except the costal margin which is white) lilac-blue i 

 a submarginal series of conical black spots bordered with blue. 



Underside pale brown. Anterior wing with its lower half white : on the outer margin a 

 series of white spots with their centres and borders brown. Posterior wing with one tail : the 

 base and costal margin broadly white : a zigzag band of grey beyond the middle, and the 

 marginal series of brown spots as above, but bordered with white : the spot at the base of the 

 tail (where the wing is projected outwards) large and black, the spot outside of it and the lobe 

 black, all bordered above with silvery blue. 



Female with the anterior wing white : the margins (except the costal 

 margin) broadly dark brown : the base blue. Posterior wing like the male except that there 

 is more white near the costal margin. On the underside it does not differ from the male. 



Exp. l-j%inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Aru. 



63. Myrina Ancharia, Hewitson. Plate VI. 6 figs. 94, 95. 



Upperside. Male. — Cerulean blue. Anterior wing with the centre grey-white : the 

 costal and outer margins dark brown, widest at the apex. Posterior wing with one tail : the 

 costal margin broadly white : the outer margin dark brown, broad, with a submarginal series 

 of black spots encircled with blue. 



Underside white. Anterior wing with the costal margin and apex rufous-brown : the 

 outer margin with a series of white spots centred and bordered with brown. Posterior wing 

 with the outer margin broadly rufous-brown : a submarginal series of conical brown spots 

 bordered with white : the spot at the base of the tail large and black bordered with blue : the 

 lobe black bordered above with blue. 



Female with the anterior wing white broadly bordered (except on the inner 

 margin) with dark brown : the base and anal angle irrorated with blue. Posterior wing like 

 that of the male, except that the white of the costal margin is broader : the underside does 

 not differ from the male. 



Exp. 1-j— inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Waigiou. 



I do not place this and the three preceding species here at all to my satisfaction. The 

 Felders have done so, and I prefer to do so too rather than to make a new genus to contain 

 them. If placed according to their general appearance, they would associate best with the genus 

 Ly cana, but are without the apical branch of the subcostal nervure of the anterior wing. By 

 the form of their palpi they are separated from Iolaus. 



Dipsas Westermanii of Felder, Novara Expedition, plate 30. figs. 21, 22, is a variety of 

 Myrina Jangala, of this work, p. 37.' 



