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HEMISCIA; HERPOLASIA By Dr. K. Jordan. 
lypusa. P. lypusa spec. nov. (7 f). Blue-black, abdomen blue, without metallic gloss. The tip of the antenna 
and of the tarsi, the margin of the abdominal segments laterally and the fringes at the apex of the wings 
white, as also an elliptical spot in the apex of the cell of the forewing and a somewhat larger triangular 
spot proximally to the middle of the hindwing. The 2. and 3. radials of the forewing from the cell. — 
Tanah Massa, Batoe Islands, 1 ? in the Tring Museum, found in September by Kannegieter. 
eupomia. P. (?) eupomia Swinh. (7f). Head, thorax and breast rough-haired; in the forewing the 3. subcostal 
present, much more proximal than the 5., in the hindwing the lower angle of the cell projecting beyond the 
upper; scales short, rounded, cf black-brown, collar grey, costal margin of the forewing grey-yellow, at the 
base reddish, as are the patagia, not far from the base a black transverse line. Hindwing yellow-edged, with 
a red stripe behind the costal margin. $ pale, body as in the cf; forewing pale brown, the veins lighter, 
the black subbasal line standing out sharply; hindwing yellowish white. — Assam. The species probably 
represents a separate genus. 
43. Genus: f&emiscia gen. nov. 
Antenna with long pectinations, those of the last segments being short. In the forewing the 3.—5. sub- 
costals stalked together, the 3. subcostal proximal to the 5., the 2. and 3. radials from the cell; otherwise 
similar to Pidorus. Distinguished from Herpa in that the upper angle of the cell does not project beyond 
the lower and the distal pectinations of the antenna are shorter. The sexes rather different. — New Guinea 
and Woodlark. 
H. meeki. Body of the cf above green, moderately glossy, collar orange-yellow at the base, under¬ 
side yellowish white; in the ? antenna, head, thorax, first abdominal segment, underside and legs glossy green- 
blue. Abdomen above dirty whitish yellow. Wings purple-black, the base blue, in the cf the forewing with 
a narrow white band and the hindwing with a triangular spot of the same colour, which is continued along 
the costal margin towards the base, posterior half of the hindwing blue; in the ? a very broad white band 
meeki. across both wings. New Guinea and the small neighbouring eastern islands. — meeki Bothsch. (7 g), of which 
alone we know both sexes, has in the 2 two small distinct white double spots before the apex of the forewing 
and the distal margin of the white area of the hindwing crosses the apex of the cell distally to the point of 
fergussonica. origin of the 3. radial. Woodlark. — fergussonica subsp. nov., from Fergusson, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, is 
differentiated from the meeki $ by the rather larger double spots of the forewing and the broader black 
margin of the hindwing, the inner edge of this marginal band crossing the apex of the cell proximally to 
acelis. the point of origin of the 3. radial. — In acelis subsp. nov., from British and German New Guinea, the 
double spots of the forewing are only indicated and the marginal band is somewhat broader even than in 
fergussonica. Of the last two subspecies only a few ?2 are known. 
H. albivitta. Body and base of the wings glossy green-blue, underside of the abdomen grey-yellow. 
Eye glabrous as in Pidorus. Wings purple-black; forewing in the cf with short, in the ? with complete white 
acrita. band; hindwing with or without white area. — In acrita Bothsch., from Etna Bay, Dutch New Guinea, the 
? (the cf is unknown) has a curved, blue-edged band, and on the hindwing from the hindmargin to near the 
mambarensis. costa a large white area. — mambarensis subsp. nov., of which we also only know one ?, has on the forewing 
an almost straight band, placed more proximally, and accompanied on the distal side by a few blue scales: 
on the hindwing, as in the preceding form, the white area reaches from the hindmargin almost to the costal 
margin, but the distal part of the wing is much more broadly black. On the upper course of the Mambare 
River, at the north-east side of the Owen Stanley Range, in British New Guinea, at an elevation of about 
fumosa. 5000 ft. — fumosa Bothsch., from Dorey, Dutch New Guinea, resembles the following form, but the white 
albivitta. area of the hindwing is suffused with black on the upper surface; the ? is not know. — albivitta Bothsch. 
(7f), from Milne Bay, British New Guinea, has in the cf a short white band on the forewing and a white 
central area on the hindwing; in the ? the band of the forewing is very broad, whilst the white area of the 
hindwing is absent or only indicated. 
44. Genus: Herpolasia B. & J. 
Thorax rough-haired. Frons strongly convex. Palpus very short. Pectinations of the antenna 
gradually becoming shorter towards the tip. The 1. subcostal of the forewing anastomosing with the costa, 
the 2.-5. subcostals stalked, the 5. arising near the cell and the 3. near the margin, discocellulars deeply 
angled, the 2. and 3. radials from the cell; in the hindwing the discocellulars oblique from the subcostal to 
the 2. radial, feebly or not at all angled, the 2. radial from the apex of the cell, the 1. radial a direct pro¬ 
longation of the cell-vein, or arising somewhat behind it. — New Guinea. 
aibomedia. H. albomedia Bothsch. (7g). One $ from Kapaur, Dutch New Guinea. Head and tip of the abdomen 
yellow. Wings purple-black. Anterior part of the thorax, a broad longitudinal stripe on the forewing and 
the larger part of the hindwing white; rest of the body, abdominal margin of the hindwing, the distal margin 
of the white area of the hindwing and the underside with the exception of the distal margin blue-green. 
