124 MR. G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER ON NEW [Feb. 18, 



side showing slightly through. Secondaries witli costa broadly 

 white, termen narrowly black ; tail very fine, white-tij)ped ; white 

 of Tinder side showing through ; abdominal fold white for the 

 basal half. — Under side. Primaries white with costa uniformly very 

 broadly brown extending over nearly half of the cell, termen 

 moderately narrow brown ; a dash of brown from the tornus to 

 vein 3 separated from the termen by a narrow white line. 

 Secondaries white, with a broad basal oblique band to the costal 

 vein ; costa wholly white except the extreme base, Avhich is dusted 

 with metallic blue ; a broad irregular deep black postmedial band 

 edging the brilliant metallic pale blue terminal area, which is 

 very broad at the anal angle, tapering in an even cui-ve to the 

 apex and having a central row of black spots, those at the angle 

 itself almost obsolete ; termen finely wiiite, preceded by a fine 

 black line. Fringe blackish. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hab. Rossel Island. 



Type in my collection. 



Near T. Iimnilcar CI. Smith. 



Thysonotis ekeikei, sp. n. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



(5 . Both wings uniform mauve-blue, with termen narrowly 

 black and costa to primaries linear black, the white of the under 

 side showing through but slightly. — Under side. Both wings 

 sooty brown with white areas. Primaries with base, the whole of 

 the cell, and costa to below veiu 6 sooty brown ; tei'men broadly 

 black, narrower between veins 3 and 5, the dark termen being- 

 broadest at the tornus ; rest of internal area w^iite nearly to the 

 angle of vein 2. A slight stripe of metallic grey dusting along 

 the upper margin of the cell and slightly ovei- the maigin. 

 Secondaries with base dark sooty brown to nearly half the cell, 

 with a short basal metallic-grey curved stripe ; terminal third 

 dark sooty brown, with a terminal row of large deep black velvety 

 spots tapering smaller to the apex, and edged internally with 

 metallic-green scallops and externally by a metallic-blue fine 

 irregular line ; the middle part of the wing white, occupying 

 the middle third of the inner mai^gin, and expanding oiitwards 

 to the costa to near the apex. Without a tail. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hah. Ekeikei, January and February. 



Type in my collection. 



Near T. endocia, H. H. D. 



Thysonotis albostrigata, sp. n. (Plate IX. fig. 1 1 .) 



(^ . Both wings brilliant metallic lavender- blue with linear 

 black margins. Primaries showing the white of the under side 

 very slightly through. Secondaries wdth a broad shining white 

 irregular median band. Tail fine, tipped with white. — Under 

 side. Primaries blackish, with the white area restricted to rather 



