CAPRIMA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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H. augarra R. & J. (7g). One pair from the Angabunga River, a tributary of the St. Joseph augarra. 
River, on the south side of the Owen Stanley Range in British New Guinea, found at an elevation of over 
6000 ft. Purple-black, base of the collar and tip of the abdomen yellow, in the ? the frons and a spot on 
the patagia white. Forewing behind the costal margin from the base to the apex above with 4 white spots 
in the ?, 2 in the d, beneath with 3 in cf and ?. Hindwing blue, with black margins, and in the d with 
one large and one small white spot. 
45. Genus: C'ciprima Walk. 
Head broad, frons only slightly convex, almost square; palpus short; antenna in d and ? pectinated, 
the pectinations gradually shorter from the middle. In the forewing the 3. subcostal is absent or is very 
short, the 4. and 5. subcostals are stalked, the 1. radial from the cell or from the stalk of the 4. and 5. sub- 
costals, the 2. and 3. radials from the cell; in the hindwing the subcostal separated from the costa, running 
obliquely from the short connecting vein (= 1. subcostal) to the upper angle of the cell, the 1. radial 
present, discocellular between 1. and 2. radials sharply angled, the 1. median far proximal to the apex of 
the cell. — Papuan Subregion, not yet known from North Australia. Some of the species are confusingly 
like Lithosiids from the same localities. 
C. gelida. Black, purple, underside of the body and base of the forewing slight^ metallic green; 
frons, forecoxa and an area on each wing white. Forewing with red-brown area before the distal margin; 
hind wing before the apex above and beneath or only beneath with a red-brown spot. Dutch New Guinea. - 
In gelida Walk. (7 h), from Mysol, Ron and the mainland, the hindmargin of the hindwing is white from gelida. 
the base at least to the middle. — In calida Oberth. (7h), from the island of Jobi, the hindmargin of the calida. 
hindwing is black. 
C. dohertyi Rothsch. (7h). Black, purple above; collar, frons and a part of the underside yellow- dohertyi. 
grey. Wings with large yellow area; the forewing in addition with a posteriorly narrowed yellow-red band 
before the distal margin, and the hindwing beneath with a grey spot at the apex. — Kapaur, Dutch New 
Guinea, 1 d found by Doherty in January. 
C. albifrons Rothsch. (7h). Smaller than the preceding species; thorax and abdomen unicolorous albifrons. 
blue-black; the yellow band of the forewing extended almost to the costal margin, the yellow-red band reduced 
to a large subapical spot; the yellow area of the hindwing triangular, much smaller than in dohertyi; hindwing 
beneath without grey apical spot. — New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago, found from February to March. 
C. aurantiaca Rothsch. (7h). Body blue-black. Forewing above purple-black, with a reddish yellow aurantiaca. 
transverse area near the base and a large curved red-yellow spot before the apex. Hindwing reddish 
yellow, distally and posteriorly edged with black. — Sudest Island, Louisiades. 
C. mutilata Walk. (7h). Purple-black, abdomen beneath yellow-grey, legs and breast grey-brown, mutilata. 
Forewing with 2 yellow patches, one placed before the hindmargin near the base, the other running 
transversely across the end of the cell, not reaching either costal margin or hinder angle. Hindwing with 
broad yellow central area, which reaches from the base (where it is extended to the costal margin) nearly ■ 
to the distal margin, and is distally narrowed. — Dutch New Guinea: Mysol, Dorey, Ron, taken by 
Doherty in April near Dorey and in July on Ron. 
C. obliqua Rothsch. (8a). Purple-black; head with the exception of a spot behind the antennae, obliqua. 
breast and femora clay-yellow. Forewing with 2 parallel oblique yellow bands, which reach neither costal 
margin nor hindmargin. Hindwing from the base with a yellow central area, which extends nearty to the 
distal margin, but neither above nor beneath reaches the costal margin. — Milne Bay, British New Guinea, 
taken by A. S. Meek in November and December. 
C. cincta R. <& J. (8a). Purple-black; legs brownish. Forewing with a yellow basal streak and cincta. 
before the end of the cell a short, narrow yellow band, usually broken up into 2 spots, which is sometimes 
only indicated. Hindwing with a large obliquely-placed yellow central area, distally rounded, which does 
not reach the base, but proximally extends nearly to the costal margin. The yellow markings on the under 
surface somewhat larger than above, the narrow band of the forewing not interrupted. — British New 
Guinea, on both sides of the Owen Stanley Range, from 5000 ft. upwards. 
C. thaumasta spec. nov. (8a). ?: body metallic green; antenna blue. Wings above purple-black; thaumasta. 
forewing with blue and green metallic stripes at the base, a broad band occupying the distal third glossy 
blue, in the hand an oblique white transverse patch, apex of the wing purple-black. Hindwing with a 
glossy blue band just before the distal margin, which is narrowed posteriorly. Under surface of the fore- 
wing at the costal margin and around the white spot, as well as the greater part of the hindwing blue, 
middle of the hindwing and the narrow distal margin purple-black. — Korrido, Schouten Islands, Geelvink Bay. 
