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67. Hoplitis curvatula spec. nov. 



(J. Very curiously curved and narrow forewings. Antennae black ; frons 

 orange-buff, vertex dark brown-grey ; thorax greyish olive mixed with dirty 

 buff, tegulae edged with black ; some black on thorax ; abdomen sooty brown 

 ringed with dirty white, anal tuft orange. 



Forewing costa ver}- strongly convex and outer one-third strongly curved 

 downwards ; termen from apex abruptly truncated and excised at tornus, giving 

 the narrow wing a unique appearance ; olive-brown washed and splashed with 

 patches of deep moss-green ; in cell running from costa is a truncated black x, 

 and on outer one-third of costo-subcostal area are black bands and spots, and a 



large black mark above tornus. Hindwii:gs : basal two-thirds white ; long hair 



on abdominal area buff ; outer one-third black-brown ; some black streaks above 

 tornus. 



Length of forewing : 42 mm. Expanse : 93 mm. 



Habitat. Kasai River, Congo Region. 



68. Chadisra albobnmnea spec. i:ov. 



?. Antennae brown, basal five joints cream-colour ; head buff, palpi brown ; 

 tegulae buff, patagia chocolate, rest of thorax yellowish grey ; abdomen greyish 

 cinnamon. 



Forewing : basal half obliquely chocolate-brown ; costal area, some marks 

 above vein 1 and in cell amber-brown ; outer half whitish grey suffust d with 

 very pale olive ; a similar coloured patch runs up from the inner margin into 

 the basal half of wing, and a deep brown jjatch runs into the wing from costa 

 near apex. Hindwing dirty wood-browr. a dark spot above tornus. 



(J. Similar, but duller and ]5aler ; the two halves of forewing less distinctly 

 different in colour and hindwing pale whitish grey. 



Length of forewing : (J 25 mm., ? 30 mm. Expanse : c? 56 mm., 2 67 mm. 



Habitat. Khasia Hills, A.-sam, December 1895 (Nat. coll.), 1 cj, 3 $$ ($ 



type). 



69. Chadisra meeki spec. nov. 



(J. Antemiae dark brown ; head and thorax dark coffee-brown mixed with 

 cinnamon-buff hairs ; abdomen bright cinnamon, anal segment with black 

 hair-lines. 



Forewing : basal two-fifths dark brown, edge of inner margin and a patch 

 near base of costa brownish buff, this dark brown area deeply incised between 

 veins 1 and 2 ; outer three-fifths of wing dull isabel-buff clouded and streaked 

 with yellowish olive and blackish brown ; a black brown patch on and under 

 costa just before apex. Hindwing : basal two-thirds dirtj' buff ; outer one- 

 third brownish cimiamon, a brown streak above tornus. 



Length of forewing : 29 mm. Expanse : 66 mm. 



Habitat. Mount Goliath, Central Dutch New Guinea, 5,000-7,000 ft., January 

 1911 (A. S. Meek), 3 cJ(J. 



