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Show 1891-] LYCiENID^i; OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 371 There is a specimen ( 6 ) in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection which is much like A. eurisus on the underside, but on the upperside is of a darker purple and all the margins appear broadly black. It is from Malaita I., but unfortunately so much broken that I do not think it advisable to name it. A male and female from Aola are figured. DEUDORYX, Hew. DEUDORYX WOODFORDI, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. figs. 13 6 14?.) Allied to D. diovis, Hew. Male. Differs in its larger size, and being rich cupreous in place of dark orange ou upperside, and on the underside by being dark greyish brown, by the ultra-median band on fore wing being placed at a greater angle to the outer margin, and by the marginal spot on the hind wing between the lower median nervules being larger and bordered inwardly with orange, not encircled as iu D. diovis. The front of the head, which in D. diovis is bright yellow, white. Female. Upperside : dull greenish black (not brown as in D. epijarbas, Moore), darker in the cell and along costal margin of fore wing. Lobe dark orange, with a black spot on its outer extremity. Underside as in male, but paler. Head and thorax of male black ; anal half of abdomen cupreous as wings; basal half black. Head, thorax, and abdomen of female concolorous with wings. Tail black, tipped with white. Expanse, 1T 9Q ( 6 ) to ly7^ inch ( $ ). Aola, Guadalcanar I. Mr. Woodford's collection contained a number of specimens of this species which do not show any variation. DEUDORYX VIRIDENS, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 15.) Male. Upperside intermediate in colour between D. diovis and D. woodfordi. Underside pale as in D. diovis, but strongly dusted over both wings with light green scales. The spot at the end of the cell large and distinct and much darker than any other marking on either wing, and the band beyond bent in its middle towards the outer margin. The black spot near the margin between the lower median nervules on hind wing smaller than in D. ivoodfordi and bordered inwardly with silvery blue, outwardly with faint orange. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish brown. Expanse If inch. Aola, Guadalcanar I. This insect can be readily distinguished from its allies by the green appearance of the underside. The black spot in the lobe in this species and in D. woodfordi is always on the lower edge, in D. epijarbas and D. diovis it is always in the centre. I have not seen the female. |