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38. Euplexia submarginata spec. nov. 



Foi-eniiiq : paler, more nit'oiis brnwii than in novaeytiiiieae Betb.-Baker; the 

 claviform stisjiiia luur.h narrower, and, liUe the other stigmata, more greenish white ; 

 the enter line with its outer erlgc paler and more histrons; the snhmarginal line 

 distinct, silvery green, oblique from costa before apex to vein T, along which it nuis 

 outwanls and is angled, curved inwards to above vein .5, curved outwards to vein 2, 

 along which it runs inwards, then vertical to inner margin ; terniiriiii lunules cream- 

 colour, in one specimen with brown lunules behind them. 



Hindwiny : rufous brown, paler basewards. 



Paljii beneath, the top of second segment, and the third wholly white ; the 

 shoulders rufous like thorax, tipped with greenish white. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



"i a, one from the Angabunga River, the other two from Biagi, Mambare River, 

 British New Guinea. 



Distinguished by the more rufous brown wings. 



39. Euplexia tenuilinea spec. nov. 



Fori'iviiiq : olive fuscous, more sombre in appearance tlian noraeguineae Beth.- 

 Baker or suhmaryiimtu Warr., but agreeing in the main in the markings ; the white 

 lines, however, are much narrower ; the inner line is edged externally with black ; 

 claviform stigma longer : subterminal line very obscure and interrupted : a row 

 of large black terminal lunules edged with pale : fringe brown with a dark middle 

 line. 



lUndtcinq : dark fuscous along eosta and terinen, narrowing off to anal angle ; 

 the inner margin whitish, with the lower end of outer line marked in blackisli from 

 vein 2 to inner margin ; the fringe of inner margin white. 



Underside of hindwing with a dark streak in cell along the fold before the dark 

 cell-spot. 



Head and tiiorax much less varied with wliite scales, the shoulders glossy 

 whitish with some brown scales intermixed in basal half only ; the abdomen fuscous 

 withciut any rufous or brown tinge. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



2 (Jc?, one from Biagi, Mambare River, the otlier from the Angabunga River, 

 British New Guinea. 



40. Euplexia argyrospila spec. nov. 



Foiewiny : brown, appearing in certain lights golden brown, in otiiers purplish) 

 sprinkled with lilac scales, which also appear at times obsolete; markings consisting 

 of silvery white sjiots and blotehes, tlie lines themselves and the edges of the white 

 marks deeper brown ; subbasal line preceded by a single costal spot and followed 

 by a streak below subcostal vein and another costal sjiot ; inner line preceded by a 

 white costal spot, a triangular blotch in submedinn interval, and a flattened one 

 below vein 1, and followed by a large round-ended claviform stigma ; three or four 

 small white spots along middle of inner margin ; orbicular large and round : 

 reniform 8-shaj)cd, with a brown spot at centre of each half; outer line starting 

 from a white costal spot above reniform, followed by a flattened subcostal white 

 blotch, a rounded one above vein T), and another elongate flattened one in sub- 

 median interval ; submarginal followed by two small spots on costa and below 



