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46. llema cuprea sp. nov. 



J. Antennae fuscous; head and thorax orange; abdomen sooty grey, anal 



tnft and sides of two last segments orange. Forewing brown purple with coppery 



bronze sheen, median fold and patch in cell orange. Hindwing basal three-fifths 



orange buff, outer two-fifths sooty brown. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



Hab. Kumusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, August 19UT (A. S. Meek). 



47. Ilema nitens sp. nov. 



cJ. Antennae fuscous ; head deep orange ; thorax slate-grey, tegnlae and large 



patch on hinder part dark orange ; abdomen brownish orange. Forewing brownish 



slate-grey with strong cupreous sheen ; base and a broad band along costal 



margin orange. Hindwing basal two-fifths orange-buff, outer three-fifths 



brownish slate. 



Length of forewing : 14-.5 mm. 



Hab. Wassin, E. Africa, April 1889. 



48. Ilema testacea testacea subsp. nov. 



c?. Antennae sooty brown ; head and thorax sooty blackish grey, tegulae dirty 

 bnffish testaceous ; abdomen dirty grey-buff. Forewing testaceous buff. Hind- 

 wing orange-buff. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 



Ilab. Treasury Island, Solomon Islands, August a — 10, 1901 (A. S. Meek). 



49. Ilema testacea louisiadensis subsp. nov. 



cJ. Is larger than t. testacea and duller in colour; the hindwings strongly 

 washed with grey. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. 



Hub. St. Aignan, Louisiade Islands, October 1897 (A. S. Meek). 



50. Ilema sericeoalba sp. nov. 



?. Antennae dull brown; head buff; thorax cream-white, tegulae bnff; 



abdomen creamy grey, last three segments buff. Forewing satiny cream-white. 



Hindwing cream-buff. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. 



Hab. Ganden, Aschabad, Kopet Dagh. 



51. Ilema testaceoflava sp. nov. 



:?. Entirely orange-buff ; abdomen and hindwings slightly paler. 



?. Entirely lemon-buff, slightly darker on forewing on and below vein 1. 



Length of forewing : i 13-5 mm. ; ? 15 mm. 



Hab. Kumusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, June 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



