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Underside of both wings dull green, with the markings grey .and obscure. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green : the latter dark at the base and anal 

 segment, and with a black lateral line. The same size as the cj. 



This species occnrs also in Sikkim : a cJ and two ? ? are recorded from the 

 Pilcher Collection, taken, the c? in A])ril, the ? ? in May and July 1889. In this 

 cJ the underside of the hindwings is pink rather than dull brown. 



Chloroplintha gen. nov. 



S. ForewinffS : broad; costa strongly arched at base, then straight till just 

 before apex, which is produced but bluntly rounded ; hindmargiu well curved ; 

 inner margin convex and fringed beyond the middle. 



IlitKhcinys : with both angles anil the hindmargin rounded. 



Abdomen short and stout ; palpi reaching well beyond forehead, second joint 

 laxly scaled, third short with smooth scales ; tongue and frenulum present, the 

 latter fine ; antennae filiform, the joints minutely angular ; hind tibiae with four 

 spurs. 



Neurution : as in Cliloroclijstis, vein II, after anastomosis, becoming coincident 

 with 12 ; the snbmedian sinuous. The hindwings above are covered with a thick 

 pile in place of scales and at the base with long hairs. On the underside both 

 wings have coarse and mealy scales. 



Type : Chloroplintha vdiitina sp. nov. 



156. Chloroplintha velutina sp. nov. 



Foreicings : very pale green : a black curved streak close to base ; inner edge 

 of central fascia distinct, slightly curved and with an angulation on the snbmedian 

 fold, blackish on costa and inner margin, pinkish brown between ; the outer edge 

 only plain on inner margin, where it is blackish, represented by a double curved 

 row of black dashes on the veins, angled beyond cell, where it is preceded by some 

 jiiukish brown scales, and ending in a black costal spot beyond the middle: a curved 

 series of black dashes also represents the submarginal line ; between the black 

 dashes the veins are marked with series of white dashes ; on the inner margin the 

 centre of the fascia is represented by a whitish mark traversed by two fine black 

 lines ; a slightly darker green shade precedes the hindmargin, which has a dark 

 marginal line ; fringe greenish, chcipiered with darker. 



Hinchviiigs : dull brownish grey; the fringe of the same colour, short and 

 curled. 



Underside dull rufous grey ; the apical area of forewings green. Head, thoraX) 

 and abdomen pale green, the thorax with some dark scales intermixed, the abdomen 

 with a black ring at base. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



Two S cJ from Bonthain, S. Celebes, .5000—7000 feet, October 1895 (A. Everett). 



157. Gymnoscelis coquina sp. nov. 



Forezvings : sordid ochreous, the irrorations and markings fuscous mixed with 

 rufous, in some specimens with a tinge of olive-green ; basal area with four or five 

 denticulated dark lines, angled below costa, the outermost, which is placed before 

 the middle of wing, forming a strong projection in the cell; outer line at two-thirds. 



