ARGYKOLEPIDIA. 553 



cilia white towards apex and with series of white spots ; the under- 

 side silvery blue at base, extending on inner area to near tornus ; 

 two postmedial blue spots below costa and two between veins 2 

 and 4. 



Hah. Aru {Wallace), type t ? in Mus. Oxon. ; N. Guinea, 

 Milne Bay {Meelc), 2 d • J'-^'P- 48 millim. 



*48. Ar^yrolepidia solomonis. (Plate LII. fig. 19.) 



Phalcenoides (squalis .solomonis, Koths. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 432 (1899). 



2 . Black-brown ; palpi with the 1st joint orange in front, the 

 2nd white in front, orange behind ; sides of frons and vertex of 

 head white ; thorax with some white hair ; throat, fore coxae, and 

 fringe on fore femora orange ; pectus and legs white and black ; 

 abdomen with white segmental lines, the anal tuft orange. Fore 

 wing with small subbasal and antemedial blue spots ; a small 

 white spot edged with blue in middle of cell ; an oblique white 

 band beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2, its outer edge indented 

 at vein 3 ; a curved series of small blue spots beyond it bent 

 inwards above inner margin ; a subterminal series of small blue 

 spots ; cilia white at apex and tornus. Hind wing with white spots 

 below and beyond end of cell conjoined by a white patch in end of 

 cell, it3 edges with some blue on the veins ; cilia chequered black 

 and white ; the underside with blue-white at base extending on 

 inner margin to near tornus. 



Ilab. Solomon Is., Tugela ( Woodford), type t 5 in Coll, 

 Eothschild. £J:vjo. 56 millim. 



49. Argyrolepidia caeruleotincta. (Plate LII. fig. 12.) 



Agarisia ccendeotincta, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) vi, p. 303 (1891). 



Head and thorax reddish brown ; palpi with the 1st joint in 

 front and the 2nd behind pale yellow, the 2nd in front white ; 

 sides of frons and basal joint of antennae white; the hair on pectus, 

 coxae, and femora yellow ; legs brown, marked with white : abdomen 

 blackish, with bluish-white segmental lines and the ventral surface 

 white ; the anal tuft orange. Fore wing reddish brown ; some 

 brilliant blue scales at base ; traces of an oblique antemedial series 

 of blue points, a quadrate white spot in end of cell ; an oblique 

 white band from costa beyond middle to vein 2, tinged with blue 

 toward costa, and with an indistinct series of blue points beyond it ; 

 cilia white-tipped at apex. Hind wing black shot with blue ; 

 a large white spot below middle of cell and another beyond the 

 discocellulars ; cilia white at apex and tornus and spotted with 

 white at middle. Underside with silvery-blue fascia below base of 

 costa of fore wing ; hind wing with the basal area silvery blue, 

 extending on inner area to near tornus. 



Hah. Queensland, 1 J . Exp. 48 millim. 



