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Subfamily PSEUDOTERPNINAE. 

 Co. Actenochroma amethystina spec. uov. 



Forewing : deep violet, with darker violet shading in the neighbourhood of 

 the two lines ; these are very pale green ; two near base, the outer bent in cell ; 

 postmedian broad and oblique outwards to 6, then slender, hinnlate-dentate 

 inwards to two-thirds of inner margin ; a deep violet cell-spot on lower half of 

 discocellnlar, followed by a large snow-white spot, and often preceded by a smaller 

 one; the two lines white on costa; in the outer line a white spot on inner edge 

 above vein 6 ; an erect yellow mark below vein 2 beyond inner line ; beyond this 

 mark and on each side of the discocellular are beds of lustrous scales ; fringe 

 violet chequered with pale green between the veins ; two or three white costal 

 dashes before apex. 



Hindwing : with outer line broad throughout, with darker green speckling; 

 blotches of pale green with darker speckles beyond and below cell, and along 

 inner margin. 



Underside of forewing bright red in and below cell, shaded and spotted with 

 blackish, becoming red-brown in marginal area ; costa and lines dull green, black- 

 speckled ; a white spot in cell on inner line and below costa on outer ; the spot 

 beyond cell hyaline white ; apex pale green : hindwing with a broad green outer 

 band, and some green shading along margin ; the white spot beyond cell marked. 



Palpi red ; head dull violet ; shoulders and patagia pale shining green edged 

 with violet; thorax and abdomen pinkish violet; tufts of metathorax and dorsum 

 pale green ; abdomen beneath pinkish ochreons ; legs dull green spotted with dark ; 

 pectus olive ochreons, blotched with vermilion ; antennae pink dotted with black. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



12 c?cJ. 



61. Hypochroma corrosa spec. nov. 



Forewing : moss-green, speckled with black ; the black forming a band between 

 outer and submargiual lines, the edges rounded externally between veins and running 

 into the lunnles of submargiual line ; lines much as in //. leprosa described below ; 

 distinguished at once by the whole of central area, except costal, and the marginal 

 below vein 2 being filled with brown, the veins marked across it in green ; some 

 brown scales at base of wing ; cell-spot linear, blackish ; some brown scaling on 

 each side of submargiual line towards costa. 



Hindwing : mainly brown, the green being confined to the space between 

 veins 2 and 4, the whole well speckled ; tufts green and prominent ; those of 

 the submargiual line brown : apical fringe brown. 



Underside of forewing greenish ochreons, orange towards base, of hindwing 

 entirely orange ; both wings with broad blackish margin, leaving apex of forewing 

 ochreons ; cell-spot of forewing black, large; costa with black striae ; fringe dull 

 yellowish. 



Head and thorax green ; face with a dark bar ; palpi and forelegs blackish ; 

 metathorax, tips of patagia, and dorsum brown mixed with green ; dorsum with 

 pairs of small tufts ; abdomen below and legs yellow; pectus reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



IS. 



