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Show 1886.] RHOPALOCERA FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 347 ARGYRONYMPHA UGIENSIS, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 3.) Male and female.- Upperside orange-red : primaries with a black marginal border extending on costa from end of cell to rather beyond middle of inner margin ; border very broad at apex, constricted and narrowest at second median nervule, widening out again at first median nervule : secondaries, costa blackish brown, ba-e and margins broadly clouded with dusky, and with some indistinct dusky markings across disk ; a black and rather indistinct submarginal line widening out between subcostal nervules into a linear-shaped blotch ; all the nervures dusky. Underside: primaries orange-red, not quite so bright as upperside ; a submarginal silvery stripe bordered outwardly by a narrow very dark fuscous line ; a short oblique silver stripe extends from inner margin near hinder angle to halfway between first and second median nervules, and with its apex almost touching the submarginal stripe : secondaries, basal half greyish ochreous, thickly irrorated with minute black dots ; an oblique reddish-brown stripe from near costa crosses the wing, and encloses upper part of cell and terminates near anal angle; this is bordered outwardly by a curved or double crescent-shaped silvery band, which is again bordered by a pale ochreous-yellow band ; a narrow submarginal line of silver bordered outwardly by reddish ochreous, and inwardly, from submedian nervure to discoidal nervule, by reddish brown ; between the discoidal nervule and first subcostal nervule there are four jet-black and somewhat square-shaped spots, with their bases resting on the submarginal line ; between first and second subcostal nervules are two additional black spots, above the others, the space between them, which is ochreous, forming a complete St. George's Cross, and the whole inwardly bordered by a silvery band; between submedian nervure and two median nervules a silvery horseshoe-mark bordered outwardly and inwardly by reddish brown ; all the wings margined by a line of dark reddish brown. The silvery markings have opalescent tints in various lights. Exp. 42 millim. Hab. Ugi, Solomon Islands. ARGYRONYMPHA PULCHRA, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 4.) Male and female.- Upperside dark brown; basal third of fore wings reddish brown. Underside: primaries, basal portion, including cell and a little beyond on costa and inner margin, grey, thickly irrorated with minute black dots ; a silvery submarginal band from rather before apex on costa to hinder angle, where it forms an elbow and turns back and runs parallel to itself as far as third median nervule, this is bordered inwardly by dark chestnut; a pale yellowish stripe from near apex to first median nervule, its lower half between tbe silver bands ; beyond this to grey part of wing a broad band of chestnut : secondaries, basal part, including half of cell to near anal angle, grey, thickly irrorated with minute black dots ; beyond this a hand of chestnut from inner margin two thirds across wing towards anal angle ; this is bordered outwardly by an elbowed stripe of silver 23* |