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the intensely velvety black spots flow together to a transverse band being proximally bordered with a blue 
arcuate line, distally with the blue marginal line and exhibiting before the border a series of blue moonspots. 
In the $ the black border above covers the whole distal third of the wings, also the costal margin of the forewing 
is more narrowly bordered with black. Under surface yellowish-white. Forewing with a narrow black costal- 
marginal line and a purely white inner-marginal part; the blackish-brown border of the wings proximally some¬ 
what dentate, the black spots broader and proximally more distinctly defined against each other. New Pomerania. 
5. Genus: Hypochrysops Fldr. (Miletus Hbn.) 
According to the rules of priority, the genus ought to be denominated Miletus Hbn., which was also 
done by Waterhouse (1903) in his revision of the Australian species. H. H. Druce, however, who, for instance, 
restored the name of Candalides having been likewise created by Hubuer for the typical species, for Holochila 
Fldr., in his Monography on the genus (1891) leaves the name introduced by Felder, because Hubher mentioned, 
as the representative of the genus Miletus, also the Gerydinae- species Pap. symethus Cr., in consequence of 
which the name of Miletus was for some time used for Gerydus Bsd. According to Druce’s example, we have 
here kept to the generally known and adopted name Hypochrysops which is likewise very appropriate, although 
we thereby commit an inconsequence. 
The species of Hypochrysops certainly belong to the most beautiful Indo-Australian representatives of 
the family. The upper surface is more or less brilliant blue or reddish-violet, in the mostly somewhat duller 
tinged $$ sometimes white-spotted, in a number of species of a bright orange-yellow, usually with a black 
or black-brown margin which may vary greatly in width. The under surface always shows, on a yellow or dark 
grey-brown or even black ground, brilliant silvery-green or silvery-blue markings generally occurring in the 
hindwing as the bordering of brightly coloured, mostly red transverse bands and spots and being often still 
more salient by black margins. 
The species are mostly medium-sized, though there occur also smaller ones with an expanse of but 25 mm. 
Eyes naked, large; antennae of something more than half the length of the forewing, white-curled, the club 
long-stretched, gradually thickened, with a light-coloured tip. Palpi slender, straightly protruding, and pro¬ 
jecting considerably beyond the forehead, laterally compressed, with appressed scales, the terminal joint short, 
in the shape of a thin staff. Wings broad; forewings triangular, costal margin moderately bent, distal margin 
straight or slightly bent, the apex sharply or slightly rounded, inner margin rectilinear; 11 veins (vein 9 being 
absent), 7 and 8 long-stalked, the fork placed rather close to the end. Hindwing somewhat longitudinally stretched, 
the costal margin bent flatly, the apex and distal margin strongly curved, the border uninterrupted or 
somewhat projecting at the veins 1 b to 3, sometimes at vein 3, rarely at vein 2 with a very much pronounced 
lobe chypoclteus and its allies), but never with real tail-appendages. The body exhibits a dull-grey to blackish 
colouring, corresponding to the marginal colouring of the wings, only the upperside of the thorax shows, cor¬ 
responding to the colouring of the wings, a metallic-lustrous hairing. In the species with a red-yellow upper 
surface, the body is generally extensively coloured brown-yellow. The range is the same as that of Thysonotis, 
the centre of the range is likewise situate in the group of islands extending to the north in front of the Austra¬ 
lian continent. The forms, particularly those from the islands, seem to have a rather limited range; in many 
of them the distinguishing marks seem to be slight and variable, and a future monographist will probably degrade 
many species being nowadays quoted as independent species to geographical races. Most of the species are 
considered to be rare, though Ribbe, also in the Hypochrysops, found the old principle verified, that any number 
of specimens, and even those of very rare species may be collected at the right time and place. 
H. polycletus L. (— polycletus Clerc/c, epopus Cr.) (144 f). $ above bright blue with a slight violet polycletus. 
tinge, wings very narrowly margined with black, the forewing with a somewhat broader black-brown costal 
margin, the border projecting at the veins 1 to 3. Beneath intensely grey-brown, the inner-marginal part in 
the forewing lighter; the marking consists of dark red bands and spots with black and silvery bluish-green 
borders; forewing with a short red costal basal streak and a longitudinal band extending along the costal margin 
of the cell, the posterior margin of this band being widened to a transverse spot in the middle and at the end 
of the cell; above the cell-end 1 single small spot and 2 larger spots being connected with the band; a post- 
discal arcuate band composed of 5 spots, between the costal margin and vein 3; the narrow, bluish-green sub¬ 
marginal spots on a red ground, distally finely bordered with black, proximally accompanied by black dots 
or streaks. Hindwing with a red, costal basal streak and 4 dark red macular bands, all the red markings bordered 
with black.and silvery green; the green submarginal streak and the proximal, black marginal spots between 
the veins 1 to 3 widened. $ above dark brown. Forewing with a basal part being scaled greenish-bine from 
the inner margin to the costal margin of the cell, and with a large white longitudinal spot in the middle; 
the border of the hindwing at vein 3 more prominent. Under surface like in theYf, only the inner-marginal 
half of the forewing preponderantly white. Moluccas (Batjan, Ceram, Halmaheira, Timor, Amboina). 
H. hypocletus Oberth. Allied to polycletus. $ above not different. The under surface differs from hypocletus. 
polycletus by the whitish-grey inner-marginal part and the absence of the red markings of the forewing with 
the exception of the two short basal streaks; the red bands and spots in the hindwing with a broad black 
