﻿of 
  the 
  Lyccenid 
  goias 
  Jriypochrysops. 
  l83 
  

  

  markings 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wing, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  

   inner 
  marginal 
  area 
  being 
  greyish 
  white. 
  The 
  red 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  

   costal 
  half 
  of 
  hind 
  wings 
  aie 
  broadly 
  bordered 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  anal 
  half 
  have 
  almost 
  entirely 
  disappeared 
  (in 
  some 
  specimens), 
  

   and 
  are 
  replaced 
  by 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  being 
  

   a 
  much 
  blacker 
  colour. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Allied 
  to 
  H. 
  polycletiis, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  fascia 
  extending 
  

   over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Under 
  side 
  : 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  

   fascia 
  much 
  more 
  extensive, 
  and 
  reaching 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  Hind 
  

   wing 
  as 
  ^ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  polycletus, 
  

   but 
  the 
  antennae 
  much 
  less 
  distinctly 
  annulated 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Waigioii 
  (Wallace, 
  Platen), 
  Mus., 
  G. 
  & 
  S., 
  

   B. 
  M., 
  Oberth. 
  ; 
  New 
  Guinea 
  ; 
  Andai, 
  Salvatti 
  (A. 
  A. 
  

   Bruijn), 
  Mus. 
  G. 
  & 
  S., 
  Oberth. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  

   preceding, 
  is 
  abundantly 
  distinct, 
  the 
  whitish 
  inner- 
  

   marginal 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  of 
  ^ 
  , 
  

   which 
  makes 
  the 
  sexes 
  appear 
  much 
  alike, 
  easily 
  

   separating 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  I 
  

   can 
  detect 
  no 
  variation. 
  M. 
  Oberthiir, 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  

   (as 
  a 
  possible 
  variety), 
  compares 
  it 
  with 
  H. 
  epidetiLs 
  

   {H. 
  rex), 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  more 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  

   Linnean 
  species, 
  H. 
  polycletus. 
  

  

  Hypoclirysops 
  rex. 
  (PL 
  X., 
  figs. 
  2, 
  3). 
  

   SimcBthus 
  rex, 
  Boisd., 
  Voy. 
  Astr. 
  Lep., 
  p. 
  72 
  (1832). 
  ? 
  . 
  

   Miletus 
  rex, 
  Westw., 
  Gen. 
  D. 
  Lep., 
  p. 
  502 
  (1852) 
  (!). 
  

   M. 
  rex, 
  Kirby, 
  Synon. 
  Cat., 
  p. 
  336, 
  No. 
  4 
  (1871). 
  

   M. 
  epicletus, 
  Butler, 
  Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (4), 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  244 
  

  

  (1876). 
  

   Hypochrysops 
  epicletus, 
  Kirsch, 
  M. 
  T., 
  Mus. 
  Dresd., 
  i., 
  

  

  p. 
  127 
  (1877). 
  

   H, 
  epicletus, 
  Oberthiir, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Genov., 
  xv., 
  p. 
  521 
  

  

  (1880). 
  

   Hab. 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  Port 
  Moresby 
  (Goldie 
  & 
  Mathew), 
  

   Mus., 
  G. 
  & 
  S., 
  D.; 
  Geelvink 
  Bay 
  (H. 
  0. 
  Forbes), 
  Mus. 
  

   D.; 
  Central 
  New 
  Guinea 
  (D'Albertis), 
  Mus. 
  G. 
  & 
  S. 
  ; 
  

   Kordo, 
  Eubi; 
  Wawiji 
  (Kirsch) 
  ; 
  S. 
  New 
  (Guinea 
  (Oberth.) 
  ; 
  

   Offack, 
  Dorey 
  (Boisd.); 
  Dinner 
  I. 
  (H. 
  0. 
  Forbes), 
  

   Mus. 
  D. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  most 
  collections, 
  and, 
  

   next 
  to 
  H. 
  polycletus, 
  Linn., 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  

   in 
  the 
  genus, 
  but 
  was 
  apparently 
  only 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  