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Show 1893.] THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE GENUS THYSONOTIS. 551 T. arinia towards the anal angle; the white submarginal line narrower. Hind wing: the black streak rather longer, the black submarginal band containing the metallic green lunules, which are considerably smaller than in T. arinia, differently situated, th9 inner edge commencing at the apex and running in a straighter though somewhat broken line to the anal margin, which it reaches decidedly lower down. The shape of the wings is also different from T. arinia, the apices of both being more produced and the outer margins considerably straighter. A short, black, linear, white-tipped tail to the lower median nervule. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; legs black and white; antennae black above, spotted with white below. Expanse lT 3<y inch. Hab. Wetter I. ( W. B)herty, Mus. B.)\ (Holy, Mus. Staud.). This species, which is the local representative of T. arinia, is distinguished by the form of the wings and by the difference in the position of the band on the underside of the hind wings. Taken by Mr. Doherty in May. THYSONOTIS SPERCHIUS. Thysonotis sperchius, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 245, t. 3. f. (1860)'. Cupido sperchius, Oberthiir, Ann, Mus. Gen. xv. p. 523 (1880)2; Kirsch, Beitr. Lep.-Faun. von Neu-Guinea, p. 127 (1877) 3. Hah. New Guinea r; Soron, Salwatti2; Mysore Is.3. W e have not seen this species, but the position of the white band on the underside of the hind wing and the broken border on the outer margin of fore wing below seem to distinguish it from the following species, T. pindus, to which it is closely allied, although M. Oberthiir in his Lep. Ocean. (Ann. Mus. Gen. xv.) places two other species between them. THYSONOTIS PINDUS. (Plate XLVI. fig. 11.) Lyccena pindus, Feld. Eeise Nov., Lep. ii. p. 267, t. 33. ff. 17-18, (1865) \ Cupido pindus, Oberth. Ann. Mus. Gen. xv. p. 523 (1880)2. Hab. Ternate (Wallace)1; New Guinea, Salwatti, Andai2; Batchian (Platen) (Mus. Staud.), (Wallace) (Mus. G. 6c S.). The specimens before us from Batchian agree well with Dr. Felder's figure. The male on the upperside is scarcely distinguishable from that sex of T. arinia. THYSONOTIS CHROMIA. Thysonotis chromia, H. H. Druce, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 365, pi. f.3. ' Hah. Solomon Is. Allied to the two preceding species, but has much narrower black borders on the upperside, besides differences below. . 37* |
