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flab. Biagi, Upper Mambare River, British New Guinea, end of January to 

 April 1906 (A. S. Meek). 

 A series. 

 C. heliodes occurs also in the same locality. 



5. Panacra pulchella spec. nov. 



3 ■ Head yellowish green, a dorso-lateral line, two spots on frons, and a central 

 white-bordered spot on occiput green-black ; thorax yellowish green, with green- 

 black and grey stripes ; two bright creamy lines at side ; abdomen dorsally 

 green-black, along centre two grey lines, from which emanate oblique grey or 

 yellowish lines ; side of abdomen proximally greenish yellow, blackish on fourth 

 segment, variegated with tawny, white, and yellowish green scales on segments 

 5 to 7. Underside of body pure white centrally ; a brown mesial line on segments 

 2 to 5 of abdomen, the line widened at apex of each segment. 



Wings, above. — Fore wing black-green, the interspaces between the lines paler 

 green ; a conspicuous creamy line parallel to costal margin, touching lower angle 

 of cell, not reaching apex of wing or base, giving off two spurs on costal side ; 

 a halfmoon on cross-veins also creamy ; a snbmarginal greenish creamy line 

 touching margin at apex, and a similar postdiscal line which neither reaches 



costal nor inner margin. Hindwing orange-red, with a black distal border; 



fringe greenish cream between the veins as on forewing. 



Underside. — Forewing orange-red from base to disc ; stigma black, on disc 

 a creamy angled- shaped sj>ot corresponding to the distal portion of the central 

 line of npperside ; distal area brown, scaled green, especially at costal and near 



distal edge ; some creamy postdiscal spots and a row of buff admargiual ones. 



Hindwing greyish green, irrorated with black ; a dot each at base of cell and at 

 upper angle white ; costal edge huffish yellow ; a broad stripe in front of abdominal 

 margin extending from base to distal edge orange-red ; an indistinct median line 

 black ; an ill-defined submargiual baud of blackish and orange-red spots. 



Length of forewing : 30 mm. 



Hab. Biagi, Upper Mambare River, British New Guinea, 5000 ft., March 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



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Nearest to P. micholitzi R. & J. (1893), which Mr. Meek also obtained at the 

 same place. 



6. Hippotion chloris spec. nov. 



3. Body above green, below grey washed with green ; segments 4 to 6 of 

 abdomen with two white glossy apical dots on each side. Segments 1 and 2 

 of palpus laterally convex. 



Wings, above. — Forewing washed with green, the lines green, nearly the same 

 as in II. celerio L. (1758), but the discal ones less longitudinal ; three inner lines 

 on disc separated from the outer lines by a pale green interspace corresponding to 

 the silvery band of celerio, the line extending from the apex of wing to the inner 

 margiu more or less black, ending in a black spot ; marginal band greyish irrorated 



with black ; distal edge undulate ; costal edge the same colour as distal margin. ■ 



Hindwing more extended black than in celerio, a discal band and a longitudinal 

 streak behind cell, uniting before anal angle, ochraceous buff ; black submargiual 

 band continuous with the blackish abdominal border. 



