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84. Gelasma caudipunctata spec. dot. 



Forewing : grass-green ; costa with white clots ; lines white ; first from near 

 base to beyond one-third of inner margin, ontenrved above and below median vein ; 

 outer line from three- fourths of costa to nearly three-fourths of inner margin, 

 lunulate-dentate, oblique outwards to vein G ; white marginal dots at the ends 

 of veius ; fringe grey -green. 



Bindwing : with outer line curved, the lunnle below vein 5 more broadly 

 white ; tooth at vein 4 with the spot large and running into fringe. 



Underside of forewing bright pale green, whiter towards inner margin ; of 

 hindwing whitish green throughout. 



Face, palpi above, forelegs, and pectinations of antennae olive-green ; fillet 

 and shaft of antennae white ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen green, like wings ; 

 dorsum with white spots; abdomen beneath, legs, and pectus white. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



3 c?c?. 



85. Melochlora papuensis spec. nov. 



Forewing : deep apple-green ; costa ochreous with very fine oblique red striae ; 

 lines very fine; first near base, purplish, ontenrved on both sides of the median, 

 and with dark dots on the veins, closely followed by a black cell-spot with a minute 

 speck above it; outer line from four-fifths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, 

 finely lunulate-dentate, the teeth marked by dark dots on veins ; fringe glossy 

 white with greenish base ; a red-brown spot at apex. 



Hindwing: with the two dots on discoeellular plain; the outer line curved 

 and slightly postmedian ; fringe greenish white, with a minute red dot at the 

 tail on vein 4. 



Underside whitish green, flushed with deep rosy at base of forewing, and 

 faintly in hindwing ; costa of forewing yellow ; a red spot at apex of forewing 

 and tail of hindwing. 



Palpi and collar deep red ; face and vertex and shaft of antennae snow-white ; 

 thorax and basal half of dorsum green ; anal half white, with some bright red 

 scales at middle ; legs, pectus, and abdomen beneath whitish ; foretibia deep red. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



lc?. 



86. Phorodesma sexmaculata spec. nov. 



Forewing : deep green ; costa purplish grey speckled with dark ; a broad while 

 tooth from it to below middle of discoeellular edged with purplish ; three round 

 white blotches, tinged with pinkish and speckled with dark, broadly edged with 

 purple; one at base, a smaller one at anal angle, and a much larger one at apex ; 

 this last with four purple marginal spots between the veins ; marginal line between 

 the blotches purple ; fringe grey. 



Hindwing : with large oval apical and small round anal blotch ; inner margin 

 narrowly purple, with the fringe white. 



Underside pale green, with the blotches showing whitish ; an elongate pnrplc 

 snbapical and oval aual blotch on forewing and very large apical blotch on 

 hindwing. i 



Palpi whitish, purple above; face green above, pale below ; vertex and basal 

 segment of antennae white; shoulders and patagia green; thorax and abdomen 



