﻿of 
  the 
  Lyccenid 
  genus 
  Hypochrysops, 
  185 
  

  

  Group 
  II. 
  

   Hypochrysops 
  halycetus. 
  (PL 
  X., 
  figs. 
  4, 
  5). 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  halycetus, 
  Hew., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  1874, 
  

   p. 
  350. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Wings 
  above 
  brilliant 
  cserulean-blue, 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  thirds 
  

   brownish 
  black 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  submargmal 
  orange 
  band. 
  

   Under 
  side 
  orange-yellow, 
  with 
  large 
  metallic 
  green 
  spots 
  along 
  

   the 
  costa 
  and 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  fore 
  wing. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  three 
  distinct 
  

   wide 
  bands 
  of 
  metallic-green, 
  the 
  outer 
  being 
  composed 
  of 
  large 
  

   oblong 
  spots, 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  As 
  above, 
  but 
  lilac-blue, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  linear 
  orange 
  outer 
  

   taargin 
  to 
  both 
  wings. 
  Expanse, 
  1-f^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  W. 
  Australia 
  (Swan 
  Eiver, 
  Hew.), 
  Mus. 
  

   G. 
  & 
  S., 
  Hew. 
  Coll. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  allied 
  to 
  any 
  other, 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  scarce 
  one, 
  as 
  the 
  only 
  specimens 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  

   across 
  are 
  four 
  in 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Collection, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  

   Messrs. 
  Godman 
  and 
  Salvin's 
  possession. 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  dicomas. 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  dicomas, 
  Hew., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  1874, 
  

   p. 
  350. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Waigiou 
  (Wallace), 
  Hew. 
  Coll. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  curious 
  little 
  species 
  which 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  is 
  the 
  type, 
  which 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  <? 
  . 
  It 
  is 
  

   dull 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  and 
  more 
  rufous-brown, 
  

   with 
  metallic 
  bluish 
  s[)ots 
  and 
  lines, 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side. 
  

   It 
  bears 
  a 
  superficial 
  resemblance 
  to 
  some 
  butterflies 
  of 
  

   the 
  family 
  Erycinidce, 
  viz., 
  Anteros 
  acanthus, 
  Cr., 
  and 
  

   A. 
  acanthoides, 
  Herr-Schaff., 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  tails. 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  ignita. 
  

  

  Lyccena 
  ignita, 
  Leach, 
  Zool. 
  Misc., 
  i., 
  p. 
  136, 
  t. 
  60, 
  

   f. 
  1-3 
  (1814). 
  

  

  Cupido 
  ignita, 
  Kirby, 
  Syst. 
  Cat., 
  p. 
  376 
  (1871). 
  

  

  Hypochrysops 
  ignita, 
  Kirby, 
  Syst. 
  Cat., 
  p. 
  773 
  (1877). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Australia 
  ; 
  King 
  George's 
  Sound 
  ; 
  Moreton 
  

   Bay, 
  B. 
  M. 
  ; 
  Victoria, 
  Mus. 
  G. 
  & 
  S. 
  ; 
  Port 
  Denison, 
  

   Hew. 
  Coll. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  most 
  collections, 
  varies 
  

   somewhat 
  in 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  ; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  