Publ. 30. XI. 1916. 
HYPOCHRYSOPS. By Dr. K. Grunberg. 
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red postdiscal band, surrounded by a narrow black margin and silvery-green internerval spots of different 
size; in the marginal band a series of silvery-green submarginal spots. Hindwings straw-coloured, at the costal 
margin with a short red basal streak; proceeding from the proximal margin 3 irregular red transverse bands 
bordered with a silvery green on a brown ground, the basal one and middle one not extending far beyond 
half the wing, the distal one almost to the costal margin, very irregular and several times interrupted; 
like in the forewing, a broad light red marginal band with silvery-green submarginal spots; the black marginal 
scales spotted white between the veins. $ above blackish greyish-brown, forewings with a large, dull blue, 
proximal-marginal spot extending to two thirds of the length of the wing and anteriorly to the middle of the 
cell. Hind wing at the basal half reddish-blue being extended farther along the veins. Under surface very much 
like in the <$, the posterior half of the cell in the forewing less coloured red, the postdiscal band paler and more 
broadly bordered with black, before the anal angle 2 more silvery green submarginal spots; the red bands in 
the hindwing more brightly coloured, the distal one with more distinct, irregular, black spots, the brown ones 
being absent. New Guinea (Constantin Harbour). 
H. pythias Fldr. (144 g as pythia). $ above with a bluish-violet reflection, the fore- and hindwings pythias. 
with a narrow, black distal margin. Underside greyish-brown with dark brick-recl bands bordered with black 
and silvery-green; hindwing with a green, subcostal basal streak and a longitudinal streak at the costal margin 
and in the middle of the cell, the latter sending forth 2 continuations filled up with black towards the posterior 
cell-margin; the space between the two streaks is red; at the cell-end a red spot bordered on both sides with 
black and green; at the distal half of the costal margin some green spots, a postdiscal red macular band 
bordered with black and green, between the costal margin and vein 4; sub marginal spots on a red ground, on 
both sides finely bordered with black. Hindwing with a red costal basal streak and a basal, discal and postdiscal 
red band bordered with black and green, only the former being coherent, the others irregular, several times 
broken up; a broad red spot at the cell-end bordered like the bands; submarginal spots like in the hindwing, 
more coherent, anal margin rather broadly bordered with black. $ above blackish-brown, in the forewing 
the basal inner-marginal half, in* the hindwing only the posterior part of the cell with a bluish-violet lustre. 
Underside light greyish-brown, bands and margins of the wings reddish-ochreous, broader than in the the 
margining more receding. Waigiu, New Guinea. 
H. aurifer Gr.-Sm. (145 i). Allied to II. pythias Fldr. $ above darker bluish-violet with a somewhat aurifer. 
broader black margin, the margin of the hindwing more sinuate. Under surface: costal-marginal area and 
cell in the hindwing, as well as the whole hindwing of a green golden ground-colour, the inner-marginal half 
in the forewing greyish-brown; the red bands in the forewing like in pythias, the distinctly golden-green borders 
and spots broader and larger; the red bands of the hind wing more irregular and very much interrupted, on 
both sides bordered with black. Fergusson Island. 
H. protogenes Fldr. <3 above bluish-violet, both wings narrowly margined with black, particularly protogenes. 
at the border, somewhat more broadly at the apex of the hindwing. Under surface greyish-brown, costal margin, 
cell, and a postdiscal undulate line extending to vein 2 in the fore wing reddish ochreous-yellow, a short costal 
basal streak, a streak at the costal margin and one at the distal margin of the cell, a transverse spot at the 
cell-end bordered proximally with black, some spots before the apex and the submarginal spots of a light 
silvery green. Hindwing with a red costal basal streak being below bordered with green and extending to 
the middle and 4 similarly bordered red transverse bands, the two basal ones short, the proximal one 
touching the proximal margin, the distal one touching the costal margin, the discal one extending over the 
whole width of the wing, the postdiscal one irregular; between the latter two an ochreous-yellow costal-marginal 
spot; the green submarginal streak proximally bordered with red; distal margin ochreous-yellow. $ above dark 
brown, hindwings somewhat lighter, forewing with a distally three-pronged blue basal spot extending to the 
cell-end, the spot in the hindwing smaller. Under surface like in the $. Waigiu, New Guinea. 
H. thesaurus Gr.-Sm. (144 g). Allied to H. protogenes Fldr. q in the forewing above dark brownish- thesaurus. 
violet. Apex and a posteriorly strongly narrowed distal-marginal border blackish; hindwings of a bright blue, 
costal margin and a very narrow distal-marginal border black, the proximal margin blackish-grey. Under 
surface of the forewing brownish ash-coloured, costal margin as far as the middle of the distal half, and the 
cell reddish ochreous, below the costal margin a narrow, in the cell a broader silvery-blue longitudinal streak, 
at the cell-end a similar, narrow discal streak, and below the end of the yellow costal-marginal streak 4 black- 
dotted spots with a metallic lustre. Between the costal margin and vein 2 a coherent row of yellowish moon- 
spots on a dark ground, the 4 anterior ones of which at the proximal margin show a lustrous metal-spot, before 
the distal margin a row of silvery submarginal spots inside dotted black. Hindwings ashy-grey with a large 
pale costal-marginal spot and 5 dark brownish-red transverse bands bordered on both sides with a silvery blue, 
the first two being short, the 3rd passing quite through, the 4tli touching the proximal margin, the 5th the 
costal margin; distal margin bordered with red-yellow, with silvery-blue submarginal spots, on the posterior half 
of the wing proximally bordered by black internerval stripes. $ above light silvery blue. Forewing with a 
broad, blackish-brown costal- and distal-marginal border, hindwings preponderantly blackish-grey, only the 
middle from the base to beyond the cell-end coloured blue. Under surface like in the but of a paler colour. 
New Guinea (Humboldt Bay). 
H. pretiosus Gr.-Sm. (144 h). $ above dark brown, forewing with a large, indistinct inner-marginal pretiosus. 
spot with a bluish reflection, extending to the middle of the cell, hindwing with a similar basal spot reaching 
about to the middle; discernible from thesaurus -§ by the less extensive blue colouring, from protogenes- $ only 
by the rounder wings. Under surface of a yellowish-brown ground-colour, darker than in H. protogenes, the 
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