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  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  H. 
  Druce's 
  Monograph 
  

  

  description 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  time, 
  which 
  

   caused 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  doubtfully 
  placed 
  in 
  Miletus 
  by 
  West- 
  

   wood 
  in 
  1852, 
  and 
  by 
  Kirby 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  1871. 
  

  

  A 
  ^ 
  from 
  Geelvink 
  Bay, 
  N. 
  W. 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  has 
  

  

  almost 
  entirely 
  lost 
  the 
  red 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  

  

  below, 
  and 
  the 
  metallic-green 
  spots 
  are 
  generally 
  smaller. 
  

  

  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  Kirsch 
  has 
  redescribed 
  

  

  the 
  ? 
  of 
  H. 
  rex. 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  epicletus. 
  

   Thecla 
  epicletus, 
  Felder, 
  Wien. 
  Ent. 
  Mon., 
  iii., 
  p. 
  324, 
  

  

  n. 
  25, 
  t. 
  6, 
  f. 
  3 
  (1859). 
  

   Hypochrysops 
  epicletus, 
  Kirby, 
  Synon. 
  Cat., 
  p. 
  878 
  

  

  (1871). 
  

   H. 
  epicletus, 
  Eibbe, 
  Iris, 
  iii., 
  p. 
  85 
  (1886). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Aru 
  Is. 
  (Wallace, 
  Eibbe), 
  Mus. 
  G. 
  & 
  S., 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   probable 
  that 
  when 
  Felder 
  described 
  it 
  he 
  was 
  unac- 
  

   quainted 
  with 
  the 
  3- 
  of 
  Boisduval's 
  species, 
  at 
  least 
  he 
  

   does 
  not 
  mention 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  description, 
  but 
  refers 
  to 
  

   H. 
  polycletus, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  It 
  can, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  somewhat 
  

   greater 
  extent 
  of 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   fascia 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  of 
  ? 
  being 
  purer 
  white, 
  and 
  

   rather 
  blunter 
  at 
  its 
  outer 
  extremity. 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  rovena, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Allied 
  to 
  H, 
  rex, 
  Boisd., 
  but 
  smaller. 
  

  

  <y 
  . 
  The 
  black 
  margins 
  rather 
  broader 
  generally, 
  notably 
  on 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin 
  of 
  hind 
  wing, 
  where 
  it 
  extends 
  almost 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   lower 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure, 
  and 
  also 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

   Under 
  side 
  : 
  Ground 
  colour 
  considerably 
  lighter, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   portion 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  distinctly 
  lighter 
  than 
  

   the 
  general 
  surface. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Similar 
  to 
  H. 
  rex, 
  ? 
  , 
  but 
  suffused 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  light 
  

   blue 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  green. 
  Under 
  side 
  as 
  the 
  ^ 
  (hind 
  wing). 
  

  

  Hah. 
  N. 
  Australia 
  ; 
  Cape 
  Bowen, 
  Mus. 
  G. 
  & 
  S. 
  ; 
  

   Eichmond 
  Kiver, 
  Mus. 
  Crowley; 
  Queensland, 
  Mus. 
  D.; 
  

   Cape 
  York 
  ; 
  Port 
  Macquaire, 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  in 
  collections 
  

   (generally 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  rex), 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  

   the 
  New 
  Guinea 
  form 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  ? 
  , 
  and 
  bj' 
  the 
  light 
  

   patch 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  as 
  noted 
  above. 
  

  

  