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{»reen ; hindwing hyaline, nervnres, margins, ami ajiical thiril of wing metallic 

 bine-green. 



Length of forewing : 21 mm. 



Ilab. Obidos, Amazons, April 1900 (W. Hoffmanns), 1 ? . 



3. Melittia funebris sp. uov. 



S. Forelegs, coxae banded white, black, and rufons, rest of legs black, tibiae 

 tufted ; middle legs black streaked inside with jjale grey, tibiae tufted, tarsi 

 proximal half white, distal half black ; hindlegs strongly tufted above black, 

 below grey, a little grey above at proximal end of tarsi ; palpi rufous ; antennae 

 above black, below rufous; head black, collar and tegulae rufons; thorax and 



abdomen black. Forewing black ; hinJwing hyaline-white, discocellular bar, 



nervnres, and fringes black. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Had. Dorey, Dutch New Guinea, June 1897 (W. Doherty), 1 cj. 



4. Paranthrene aflBnis sp. nov. 



S. Body, antennae, and legs deep brown glossed with metallic steel-purple. 



Forewing bright metallic green-blue, fringe brown ; hindwing hyaline-yellow, 



fringe, nervnres, and costal area green-bine. 



Length of forewing : 1<S mm. 



Ifab. Padang Rengas, Malay Peninsula, 1 c?. 



5. Aegeria ruficauda sp. nov. 



(?. Legs deep steel-purple ; palpi maroon rufous ; head deep maroon rufous; 

 antennae and thorax black slightly glossed with purple ; abdomen black slightly 



glossed with pnri)le, last segment and large anal tuft rufous orange. Forewing 



dark bluish purple, fringes reddish purple; hindwing hyaline-white, nervnres and 

 margins widely bluish purple, fringes reddish purple. 



Length of forewing : 14 mm. 



Ihl). Ukami, German East Africa, 1 c?. 



G. Aegeria gaudens sp. nov. 



c?. Legs purple-brown ; palpi and patch below eyes scarlet ; antennae black ; 

 head and thorax purple, collar and broad margins to thorax scarlet ; abdomen 



brownish black, basal segment scarlet, anal tuft rnfous brown. Forewing 



brilliant purple, a scarlet band beyond cell followed by a hyaline one, outer 

 fifth of wing orange-scarlet, fringe brown ; hindwing, basal three-fifths hyaline, 

 outer two-fifths purple-brown. 



Length of forewing : 9 mm. 



Llab. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1 cJ. 



T. Aegeria aurantiibasis sp. nov. 



?. Legs and palpi orange-yellow; antennae brown; head black; thorax 

 black-brown, two blue spots, and sides brick-red ; abdomen brick-red, anal 

 tuft wood-brown. Forewing, basal third brick-red median half hyaline, a broad 



