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84 Probolosceles attenuata sp. iiov. 



Like P. h'tplaija Wlk., but with the spots of quite dift'ereiit shajie and larger in 

 !size ; the inner edge of each sinuous (in biphuja it is straight) ; tliat in the forewings 

 reaching to the third median, wliere it is attenuated and has a larger round blotch 

 contiguous to it between veins 4 and 5 ; both blotches wholly brown, without ]i;de 

 centres. 



One 6 from -Alt. Muln, North Borneo, l()00--4()()() feet (('. llosej. 



This is the insect whicl] Walker, after describing his typical bipiiujd, which was 

 a ?, suggests may be the S and a variety of that insect. All his specimens were 

 from Sarawak. Hampson in Fnun. Brit. Ind. Vol. III. p. J04, at the end of his 

 description of tntef/ranota, adds, " The ? has a black submarginal patch on fore- 

 wings above vein 4." The ? in tlie British .Museum Collection comes from Burma 

 and belongs, I think, here. 



8o. Thalerura(?j decorata >p. nov. 



Fm-eivinys : dull olive-green; the costa very minutely dark-dotted, and with a 

 short fine red line just before apex; no di.stinct lines; a faint reddish spot on inner 

 margin before middle denotes the first line, and a very obscure series of darker green 

 blotches between the veins at four-tifths indicates the second; fringe white, tinged 

 with reddish at apex and anal angle ; hindmargin with a fine red line. 



Himliviitijs : green, with a bright red cell-dot, and the red marginal line thicker 

 and more diiifuse ; the tail wholly red ; fringe white, reddish black round the tail, 

 with a black tuft at base of the tail on both sides. 



Underside pale green ; fringes likewi.se, except round tail of liindwings, where 

 they are blacki.sh. Face and palpi jiale ochreous ; top of palpi and face and two dots 

 at base of face bright orange-red ; vertex and antennae white ; tliorax and abdomen 

 green. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



? from Cedar Bay, south of Cooktown, t^tueensland (A. S. .Meek). 



SiBiAMiLY STEKUHINAE. 



Anisephyra gen. nov. 



Foreii'i iuja : with costa straight, convex just before apex ; apex slightly produced ; 

 hindmargin sinuous. 



Hindwiiujs : with well-rounded hindmargin. 



Forehead protuberant; palpi porrect, broad, squamous beneatli, third joint small ; 

 antennae of cJ strongly pectinated to four-fifths, of ? simple; hind tibiae with four 

 sjmrs. 



Xeariitiou: cells half as long as wings; di.^cocellulars vertical ; in forewings the 

 -talk of 111 anil 11 anastomoses with tliat of 7, 8, 9, to form the areole. 



Type: Aniaepliijra ritfari((, sp. nov. 



In this genus will come also alblaiiiiulurin Wlk. 



