Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustraions of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies . species in the veins on theanterior wings not being tipped with black. Hab. Humboldt Bay (Doherty). XYIII.—HOLOCHILA ZISKA. S. Figs. 11, 12. $. Fig. 13. Exp. S 1| inches ; ? 1^ inches. Male. Upperside closely resembles H. Phllotus, Feld., but more iridescent,and the apex of the anterior wings is more acute; in certain lights the apexand costal margin are brownish-black. On the posterior wings the costalmargin is rather broadly white. Underside. Brownish silvery white. Female. Upperside. Both wings iri
Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustraions of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies . species in the veins on theanterior wings not being tipped with black. Hab. Humboldt Bay (Doherty). XYIII.—HOLOCHILA ZISKA. S. Figs. 11, 12. $. Fig. 13. Exp. S 1| inches ; ? 1^ inches. Male. Upperside closely resembles H. Phllotus, Feld., but more iridescent,and the apex of the anterior wings is more acute; in certain lights the apexand costal margin are brownish-black. On the posterior wings the costalmargin is rather broadly white. Underside. Brownish silvery white. Female. Upperside. Both wings iridescent rather dull blue. Anteriorwings with the base, costal and outer margins broadly greyish-black Posteriorwings with the costal margin broadly greyish-brown, and outer margin morenarrowly greyish-black, the veins crossing the blue area conspicuously greyish-black, which colour gradually widens along the veins towards the outer margin. Underside. As in the male. Hab. Kapaur, Dutch New Guinea (Doherty). In Mr. H. Grose-Smilhs Collection. (DMHIEIMTAIL JLir(^M ARHOPALA I. D mm ,X11¥,. Horace Knight l, SOPHRO S •irME,<?. 3 . „ „ ?. ^,S. ,. CLARISSA, ¥. :! map. 6,7. ARHOPALA STROPHE,^. 8,3. „ YEND AVA, <?, 10 . „ „ ?. LYC^NID.^ (Oriental). PLATE RII O r A L A I. I.—AEHOPALA SOPHEOSYNE. i. Figs. 1, 2. ?. Fig. 3. Arhopala Sophwsyne, Grose-Smith, Entomologists Monthly Magazine,XXV.,p. 300 (1889); H. H. Druce, Proceedings of the Zoological Society ofLondon, 1891 p. 357, Plate XXXIL, fig. 9, g . Exp. 2 inches. Male. Upperside. Brilliant metallic azure-blue, shading along the costaof anterior, and the apex and outer margins (which are black) of both wings,to ultramarine; costal area of posterior wings brownish-black; abdominal foldgreyish-brown. Underside. Basal half of anterior wings, a dark blotch beyond the cell, arather oblique band of confluent spots, and a rather broad marginal band, darkolivaceous-brown, the rest
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