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Show 766 MK. A. G. BUTLER ON [NOV. 3, Major Yerbury obtained three male specimens of this lovely little novelty. 27. HYPOLYOENA UMBROSA, sp. n. (Plate XLVII. fig. 6.) Nearest to H. caculus; primaries above smoky grey-brown, with a large patch of lavender occupying the basi-internal half; secondaries lavender, costal border and a patch at apex smoky grey-brown ; submarginal blackish spots and metallic green anal spots as in the female of H. caculus. Under surface white clouded with pearl-grey : primaries with an orange brownish transverse dash at the end of the cell; a narrow bent dark grey band shot with bright cupreous beyond the cell from costa almost to the submedian vein ; a submarginal dark grey stripe tapering from submedian vein almost to the costa, and trisinuate at its anterior extremity ; fringe white, spotted with dark grey: secondaries with a bisinuate subbasal grey band brilliantly shot with cupreous orange, a darker oblique dash at the end of the cell, and a zigzag stripe from costa to abdominal margin beyond the cell ; a submarginal dark grey stripe tapering from costa to abdominal margin, where it unites with a marginal line which extends almost from the base along this margin ; a rounded black spot near the extremity of the first median interspace, and a second upon a metallic green streak at anal angle; a slender black marginal hue extending into the tails ; fringe white. Expanse of wings 32 millim. One specimen only was obtained.-Thrupp. 28. IOLAUS GLAUCUS, sp. n. Nearest to I. belli -. primaries above blackish with a large interno-basal patch of bright violet, occupying about half the wing; secondaries blackish grey, slightly paler towards the abdominal border, which is almost entirely white ; centre of wing densely irrorated with bright violet; a submarginal series of spots, black internally but lilacine whitish externally ; a black anal spot bordered internally with bright metallic emerald-green and yellow, and probably a similar spot between the tails1; fringe white; a velvety-black patch of thickened scales at base of subcostal branches : wings below chalky-white, with two strongly marked jet-black stripes (the inner one interrupted by the veins on the primaries), and the margin black; the stripes formed as in J. belli; the black, green, and yellow anal spot larger than above ; a little marginal dash of the same colours above the lobe. Expanse of wings 31 millim. Duderi, 26th April, 1884.-Yerbury. From any less interesting locality I should hesitate to make a type of a specimen with the secondaries damaged; it is, however, a very distinct species, and there can be little doubt as to the pattern upon the missing parts. 1 The secondaries unfortunately have a piece broken out of them on both sides, but some metallic green sca'les are visible at the edge of die broken part on one side, showing that, at any rate, a green spot, if not a black one, exists. |