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226. Acantholipes dinawa spec. nov. 



c?. Head, thorax, and abdotneu cream-colonr ; both wings creamy white, with 

 a broad dark brown obIi(pie stripe from the apex of the primary carried through 

 both wings, but beginning in the secondary at vein 7. Primary with a double 

 ochreous external edging to the brown stripe ; a subterminal line of dark shading ; 

 termen with fine dark points ; cell watli two terminal black points below each 

 other. Secondary with lines exactly as in the primary. 



Expanse : 30 mm. 



Hah. Dinawa, September ; Aroa River, March. 



Type in my collection, and other specimens in the Tring Museum. 



227. Acantholipes aroa spec. nov. 



(?. Head, tliorax, and abdomen and both wings pale whitish yellow. Primary 

 with a trace of an angled medial line and an obscure darkish subterminal line 

 inclined inwards at vein 3 or 4 ; two dark dots at the end of the cell below each 

 other. Secondary paler and clearer than the jjrimary. 



Expanse : 25 mm. 



Hab. Aroa River, January and March. 



Type in my collection ; other examples in the Tring Museum. 



228. Acantholipes hampsoni spec. nov. 



?. Head, tliorax, and abdomen pale greyish. Primary ]iale ochreons grey, 

 with basal and antemedial lines obscure ; medial and postmedial line oblique 

 dark, the ground between them being darkly filled in ; beyond the latter is a 

 broad pale grey stripe, edged obliquely externally by three lines — the first darkish 

 grey, the second pale ochreous, the third finely dark brown ; beyond this the 

 ground colour is darkish, edged by a tine double line of pale and darker shading; 

 termen darkly dotted; frmges silvery grey, with a darker central line. Secondary 

 paler than the primary, with all the primary markings carried more or less 

 distinctly through. 



Expanse : 29 mm. 



Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in 

 September. 



229. Acantholipes purpurascens s])ec. nov. 



(?. Head and thorax purplish reddish brown, abdomen greyish. Primary 

 purplish chocolate-brown, with the antemedial and postmedial lines pale, interrupted 

 and obscure ; a broadish median band of paler ground-colour ; subterminal line 

 whitish, waved, bordering the dark ground colour, from whence the terminal area 

 is lilac-grey ; termen darkly dotted. Secondary piniiish brown, paler towards the 

 base. 



Expanse : 24 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in 

 September. 



230. Acantholipes arcana spec. nov. 

 (?. Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings pale rufous, more or less finely 

 irrorated with darkish grey. Primary with a basal white point, three snbbasal 

 white points in a greyish line, a medial slightly angled grey line, a postmedial 



