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HYPOCHRYSOPS. By Dr. K. Grunberg. 
scintillans. 
pagen- 
stecheri. 
zeuxis. 
hypates. 
plotinus. 
with a green submarginal streak being interrupted at the veins. Marginal scales in both wings brown. $ above 
blackish-brown, forewing lustrous blue in a greater extent, hindwing only at the base. Under surface yellowish- 
white with grey marginal scales. The yellow markings in the hindwing lighter than in the the marginal band 
not extending as far as the anal angle, the postdiscal band and marginal band in the hindwing likewise lighter 
yellow, whereas the proximal bands are of a bright orange-red, the discal spot very prominent, more intensely 
than in the $. South Queensland (Brisbane as far as Cairns). 
H. scintillans Btlr. (= mirabilis Pagenst.) (144 g). Allied to anacletus Fldr. and eucletus Fldr. dk upper 
surface deep blue, forewing with a broad black apical border being narrowed as far as the base and the anal 
angle, hindwing at vein 2 with a slightly projecting angle, costal and inner margin blackish-grey, distal margin 
narrowly black. Under surface of a grey-brown ground-colour, forewing with a light greenish-yellow costal, 
discal and apical area, below the costal margin and in the cell one silvery-green longitudinal streak proceeding 
from the base, the former being above bordered with black, the latter beneath with reddish-yellow; beyond 
the first streak 2 silvery-green spots; at the cell-end a broad, orange-red discal spot which is followed by 2 
silvery green, short transverse streaks; hereafter a broad, somewhat curved, orange-red postdiscal band being 
on both sides bordered with black, and finally a submarginal series of 5 bluish silvery internerval spots 
being inside slightly dotted black. Hindwing with a red costalmarginal border extending as far as before 
the middle and being below bordered with silvery green, and 3 broad, irregular, bright red transverse bands 
being likewise broadly bordered with silvery green, the middle one of which runs across the whole wing from 
the costal margin to the inner margin and is anteriorly widened into a transverse spot; hereafter a lighter orange- 
red, narrower submarginal band being proximally accompanied by black, distally by bluish-lustrous transverse 
streaks. forewing above blackish-brown with a large whitish inner-marginal spot extending into the cell, 
hindwing lighter, grey-brown, with a small whitish apical spot, and on the distal half with yellowish veins. 
Under surface similar as in the d\ in the forewing the space between the lower silvery streak and the median 
vein is black, between the cell and inner-margin white; hindwing of a darker ground-colour, the distal one 
of the broad red bands in the middle almost interrupted. New Britain; New Lauenburg (Mioko). 
H. pagenstecheri Ribbe differs in the d and $ from the most closely allied H. scintillans (144 g) chiefly 
by the marking of the hindwing beneath, the red transverse bands of which are darker and broader; also the 
lustrous bordering is broader and of a brighter green; the discal band has a securiform appendage before the 
expanded anterior end. In the $ the blue spot of the forewing above is less distinctly befined than in scintillans , 
the hindwing above is of an ashy grey, the veins are lighter. New Pomerania. 
H. zeuxis St.gr. (144 g,h). d above like the d of anacletus, under surface very much like that of hypates, 
forewing in the anterior half ochreous-brown, cell and postdiscal band bright yellowish-red; the black bands 
of the hindwing somewhat broader, more extensive, the discal and postdiscal bands at the inner-margin likewise 
red; all the metallic markings as in hypates, of a pale silvery blue. Halmaheira. 
H. hypates Hew. $ above dark-brown, forewing with an extensive, orange-yellow inner-marginal 
spot extending as far as the costal margin of the cell, hindwing with a similar small spot at the anal angle. Under 
surface brownish-yellow with light silvery blue markings: in the forewing 2 longitudinal streaks proceeding 
from the base, subcostally and at the costal margin of the cell, a transverse spot at the cell-end, above it a 
single punctiform spot as well as a narrow postdiscal band extending from the costal margin to vein 4; both 
wings with 6 large submarginal spots, the 4 anterior ones of which in the forewing are inside dotted black. 
Forewing with a broad, reddish postdiscal band and a red-coloured cell. In the hindwing a costal basal streak, 
2 short basal transverse bands bordered with silvery blue, a broader discal and postdiscal transverse band 
being bordered the same, and an arcuate line delimitating the broadly red-coloured marginal part, are black; 
the discal and postdiscal bands on the anterior half of the wing are connected, their segment bordering on 
the inner margin of a bright red colour. Kaiou. 
H. plotinus Gr. Sm. (144 h). d lustrous blue with a reddish lustre; forewing with a broad black 
apex, the black bordering extending at the costal margin as far as the end of the first third, at the distal margin 
greatly narrowed as far as the anal angle. Costal margin and anal area of the hindwing blackish-brown. Under 
surface brown-yellow, forewing on the distal half with a broad dark-brown transverse band being narrowed 
as far as the inner-margin, a golden lustrous spot at the anterior cell-end and 3 similar spots between the cell 
and transverse band, close in front of the distal margin, between the veins, a series of golden lustrous spots, 
the one next to the apex being the largest and the 4 anterior ones inside bordered with a black spot. Hindwing 
at the costal margin and at the anal angle pale yellow, in the middle and at the distal margin darker, with 
a red costal border extending from the base to the middle of the costal margin, and a number of bright 
brown-red, golden-bordered spots, 3 of which form a band extending across the whole wing from the middle 
of the inner margin as far as the costal angle, whilst 4 more spots are situate outside of this band in an irregular 
row; at the base of the cell a single spot, close in front of the long drawn-out middle spot of the row mentioned 
first; in front of the border a golden lustrous submarginal line being interrupted at the veins. $ above bright 
red-yellow, the blackish-brown distal area in the forewing much broader than in the d, covering almost the 
whole distal half and extending rather broadly as far as the inner margin, being proximally irregularly bordered; 
hindwing with a blackish costal-marginal area and black spots at the ends of veins 1 to 4. Under surface like 
in the d, only the spots and bands of a darker brown-red. New Guinea (Humboldt Bay). The d some¬ 
what reminds us of eucletus Fldr. (144 g) y the $ of apelles F. (145 a). 
