DIPSAS. 1 5 



24. Hypolycsena Libna, Hewitson. Plate V. $ figs. 39, 40. 



Upperside. Female dark brown. Anterior wing with a large central spot and a small 

 spot near the costal margin pale blue. Posterior wing with a central band of the same colour. 



Underside grey-white. Both wings crowded with small spots with some larger brown 

 spots in the middle, both with two zigzag brown bands beyond the middle and a series of 

 minute black spots between them : both with a submarginal brown band. 



Exp. li inch. 



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



This species is singularly different from any other butterfly. In the neuration of the wings 

 and in its palpi and antennas it agrees with this genus. Its hind wings are unfortunately so 

 broken that I cannot determine whether or not it ever had tails. 



Hypolyceena Dictcea of Felder, Novara Expedition, pi. 30. figs. 19, 20, is the female of 

 H. Phorbas, " Lycamidse, " plate 21. 



Genus DIPSAS. 



(Continued from p. 67.) 



13. Dipsas smaragdina. 



Thecla smaragdina, Bremer, Bulletin de VAcad. Imp. des Sciences de St. Petersboury, iii. p. 470, 1861 : 

 Lepid. Ost-Sibiriens, pi. 3. f. 5, p. 25. 



14. Dipsas Duma, Hewitson. Plate VI. tf fig. 15. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant gold-green. Anterior wing with the costal margin near 

 the apex and outer margin dark brown. Posterior wing with one tail, the margins dark 

 brown, rather broad. 



Underside grey-brown. Both wings with a linear spot at the end of the cell, both 

 crossed beyond the middle by a broad band of dark brown bordered outwardly with white, 

 and below this a second band of brown. Posterior wing with a linear band of brown bordered 

 inwardly with white near the base : the band at the end of the cell touching the broad central 

 band : the lobe black crowned with orange, the black spot near the base of the tail circled with 

 orange : the space between the lower brown band and the outer margin irrorated with black 

 and white : a submarginal line of white. 



Exp. li§ inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from North India. 



This may be only a variety of D. smaragdina. It is, however, much larger, and, instead of 



