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instead of two, in the abdomen of the c? possessing five raised bosses of metallic 

 scales instead of the three reddish tufts, as well as in the scaling and markings, the 

 scaling being smooth and fine and the markings silvery fasciae instead of denticulated 

 lines. 



Type : MetaUochlora nunki sp. nov. 



Of the two species which, by reason of their both possessing the metallic tufts of 

 the abdomen, I refer to this genus, meeki, the type, has the hindwings with a pro- 

 minent tooth in the middle of hindmargin ; while the other, lineata, has the tooth 

 small, and the margin above it excised opposite the cell. Another ]ioint of difference 

 is that in meehi vein 10 of forewings rises before vein 7 from the common stem, 

 while in lineata the reverse is the case. 



44. MetaUochlora lineata sp. nov. 



Foreivings: olive-green, the costa ochreous drab, with distinct fuscous .striae ; two 

 diffuse silvery streaks from base, one running to inner margin beyond middle, the 

 other over the black cell-spot in the direction of the apex; before the hindmargin is 

 another, more distinct, silvery streak from inner margin before anal angle, slightly 

 diverging from hindmargin and recurved to costa ; fringe pinkish ; marginal line 

 concise, subci-enulate, black, finely edged on both sides with yellowish ; basal two- 

 thirds of wing slightly darker green than the rest. 



Hindwiwjs : like forewings ; the outer silvery streak curved ; the darker liasal 

 two-thirds irregularly washed with silvery scales and with a paler green patch on 

 discocellular. 



Thorax and abdomen concolorous ; dorsal drops pinkish, placed on black squares, 

 separated by white streaks, and lined laterally with pinkish grey scales ; face and 

 palpi pinkish brown. Underside dull pale green ; forewings, with cell-spot and a 

 diffuse straight fascia from anal angle to costa, blackish ; hindwings with olive-brown 

 apical blotch. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One S from Fergusson Island, October ; two 6 S, one j, from Kiriwini, Troliriand 

 Islands, April. 



45. MetaUochlora meeki sp. nov. 



Formvings : dull yellowish green, the costa slightly spotted with fuscous and 

 tinged with grey ; cell-spot faintly darker ; a darker green diffused wavy oblique 

 streak from middle of inner margin to costa at two-thirds, edged within with silvery, 

 curved round along the costa and then again to inner margin parallel to hindmargin, 

 and edged externally by a broadish silvery streak; hindmargin with a yellowish line, 

 preceded by a row of black linear dashes ; fringe dull silvery grey. 



Hindwings: with a dark green shade on the discocellular; the outer line as in 

 forewings, but curved ; faint traces of a straight sihery line from about middle of 

 costa to anal angle ; the yellowish marginal line running into the tail. 



Thorax and abdomen concolorous, the metallic drops pinkish grey ; face 

 brown, darker above ; palpi ochreous, ferruginous at tips. Underside dull yellow- 

 green ; the marginal dashes expressed; hindwing with small brown-black blotch 

 at apex. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



Four (J (J from Fergusson Island, October to December. 



