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T. arinia towards the aaal angle ; the white submarginal line also 

 narrower. Hind wing : the black streak rather longer, the black 

 submarginal band containing the metallic green liinules, which are 

 considerably smaller than in T. arinia, differently situated, the 

 inner edge commencing at the apex and running in a straighter 

 though somewhat broken line to the anal margin, which it reaches 

 decidedly lower down. The shape of the wings is also different 

 from T. arinia, the apices of both being more produced and the 

 outer margins considerably straighter. 



A short, black, linear, white-tipped tail to the lower median 

 nervule. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; legs black 

 aad white ; antennae black above, spotted with white below. 



Expanse l-p^^ inch. 



Hah. Wetter I. ( W. DjJierti/, Mas. D.); (IIoli/, Mas. Stnud.). 



This species, which is the local representative of T. arinia, is 

 distinguished by the form of the wings and by the difference in the 

 position of the band on the underside of the hind wings. 



Taken by Mr. Doherty in May. 



Thtsoxotis spebcuius. 



2'hi/sonotis spercMus, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 245, t. 3. f. 4 

 (1860)'. 



Cupido sperchius, OberthUr, Ann, Mus. Gen. xv. p. 523 (1880)''; 

 Kirsch, Beitr. Lep.-Faun. von Xeu-Gruinea, p. 127 (1877) ^• 



ffab. New Guinea ' ; Soron, Salwatti'' ; Mysore Is.^ 



We have not seen this species, but the position of the white 

 band on the underside of the hind wing and the broken border on 

 the outer margin of fore wing below seem to distinguish it from 

 the following species, T.pindus, to which it is closely allied, although 

 M. Oberthiir in his Lep. Ocean. (Ann. Mus. Gen. xv.) places two 

 other species between them. 



Thysonotis pindus. (Plate XLVI. fig. 11.) 



Lijccena pindus, Feld. Eeise Xov., Lep. ii. p. 267, t. 33. ff. 17-18, $ 

 (1865)'. 



Cupido pindus, Oberth. Ann. Mus. Gen. xv. p. 523 (1880) '•'. 



Hah. Ternate ( Wallace)^; New Guinea, Salwatti, Andai^; Bat- 

 chian (Platen) (Mus. Staud.), (Wallace) (Mus. G. Sf S.). 



The specimens before us from Batchian agree well with Dr. 

 Felder's figure. The male on the upperside is scarcely distinguish- 

 able from that sex of T. arinia. 



Thysojstotis cheomia. 



Thijsonotis chromia, H. H. Druce, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 365, pi. xxxii. 

 f. 3. 



Hah. Solomon Is. 



Allied to the two preceding species, but has much narrower black 

 borders on the upperside, besides differences below. 



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