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veins ; at vein 2, where it joins the outer border, strongly carved inwards to near 

 middle of inner margin ; outer border broader, forming a slight sinus outwards 

 between 4 and 6 and another from 4 to 2, expanding below vein 2 into a rounded 

 blotch; red terminal spots between veins; fringe reddish green. 



Hindicing : with onh' the red border, which is broad at apex, redder-edged 

 internall)', forming a sinus outwards between 2 and 4 and a smaller one above, and 

 a rounded blotch at anal angle, the inner margin narrowly red in middle. 



Underside whitish green, the markings slightly indicated. 



Face and palpi red above, white beneath ; fillet whitish, antennal shaft whitish, 

 the pectinations reddish ; shoulders briglit green ; patagia green with the tips 

 reddish; dorsum red ; pectus, venter, and anal segment pale greenish. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



1 ? from Knmasi River, British New Guinea, August 1907 (A. S. Meeij). 

 The ? has pectinated antennae. 



The markings recall those of the genus Ayathia. 



32. Probolosceles moniliata spec. uov. 



Forewing : deep bright green ; costa broadly cream-white, underlined with 

 bright pink before apex ; inner and outer lines marked by red spots on inner 

 margin ; the outer lunulate-dentate, but hardly traceable except by a deeper shade ; 

 the terminal line deep pink, interru])tcd by large white spots at the end of the 

 veins ; fringe bright pink in basal half, whitish in apical ; cell-spots red-brown. 



Hindwing : green, blurred with whitish and grey-green, deeper along costa ; 

 traces of a crennlate outer line, ending in a red spot on inner margin ; cell-spot 

 red ; fringe as in forewing. 



Underside pale green, the forewing flushed with reddish towards base ; costa 

 yellow ; fringe rosy. 



Face, palpi externally, vertex, thorax, and dorsum deep green, the last paler 

 towards anus ; fillet white ; pectus, venter, and legs whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



1 (? from Rendova, Solomon Islands, February 1904 (A. S. Meek). 



Remarkable for the blurred green hindwings and bright pink fringes. 



33. Pyrrhaspis reversa spec. nov. 



Foreiring : dull green with scattered pale vermiculations ; costal edge white, 

 becoming ochreous towards apex ; lines marked by white dashes on veins ; the 

 inner very inconspicuous, oblique outwards ; the outer as in glauca nearly 

 straight, commencing at vein 0, the dash on vein 3 slightly exterior to the rest, that 

 on vein 1 the same size as the others ; upper arm of discucellular green, the 

 lower curved part silvery white; large white terminal spots at the ends of the veins 

 running out into the fuscous fringe. 



liiiulwing : without inner line ; the outer bent on vein 4 ; the upper part of 

 discocellnlar silvery white, the lower green ; terminal spots and fringe the same as 

 in forewing. 



Underside uniform whitish green. 



Face, palpi, thorax, and abdomen green, the last with white segmental rings 

 and dorsal sjwts ; vertex, pectus, venter, and legs whitish ; forelegs reddish in 

 front 



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