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71. Eois(?) perspersata sp. no v. 



Forewiiigs : ochreons, densely powilered with somewhat shining rnfous scales ; 

 the costa yellowish ochreons ; cell-spot rnfous ; very faint traces of a darker ante- 

 median and waved jwstmedian line ; the extreme hiudmargin slightly darker between 

 the veins : fringe concolorons, with a fine pale basal line. 



lliruhrings : similar, the I'oll-spot plainer. 



Underside unitbrm pali^ ochreons. Face l)rown ; ]ialpi, vortex, thorax, and 

 abdomen ochreons fawn-colour, tiie abdomen deeper. 



Expanse of wings : 2o mm. 



One ? from Oiuainisa, Timor, November and December 1891 (W. Uoherty).' 



The hindtibiae of this ? have only the terminal pair of spnrs ; it is referred 

 therefore to Jiois provisionally ; judging from the shape of the wings and the 

 markings, it is probably akin to insuavis Butler and purpurea Hmpsn. 



72. Lipomelia striata s]). nov. 



Fore.ici nya : dull olive-green, with dense transverse darker striations ; first line 

 af one-tliird, bent bi'low costa, then vertical ; exterior and siibmarginal lines oblique, 

 parallel to hindmargin ; the lines formed by darker green sjiots on the veins, 

 externally edged with paler; fringe green, the marginal line slightly darker ; 

 cell-spot obscurely darker. 



Hindwinqs : the same, with a small white cell-sj)ot. 



Underside paler green, tinged with rosy in forcwings, less so in hindwings ; 

 the submargiual line only shown. Face, palpi, and legs dull reddish ; head, thorax, 

 and abdomen green. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One ? from Warri, liiver Niger, June 1896 (Dr. Roth); also from Sierra Leone. 



Distinguished by the olive-green ground-colour, the si/if/le white cell-sjiot of 

 hindwings, and the green costa. 



73. Nobilia obliterata sp. nov. 



Forewings: rnfons fawn-colour, covereil witli jiale transverse slightly lustrous 

 striae; costal streak ^^nthout striae, but dnsted with fine black scales; the costal 

 edge blackish; no inner line; cell-spot very minute, black: ontcr line marked only 

 by minute black vein-dots, and by the deeper ground-colour of the marginal space 

 beyond, forming a sinus outwards above and below cell, and one inwards beyond 

 cell; fringe slightly i>aler. 



Hindwings : the same ; the cell-spot larger and more distinct. 



Underside uniform pale flesh-colour. Face and palpi pale flesh-colour beneath, 

 deeper above; thorax and abdomen like wings, but front of tliorax paler. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One 6 from Knching, Borneo. 



Pachythalia gen. nov. 



Foreidngs : short and broad ; costa hardly curved ; apex rounded ; hindmargin 

 rounded, scarcely obliiiue ; costal edge slightly folded over beyond one-third, and 

 clothed with a line of outwardly directed hairlike scales. 



Hindwings ; large ; anal angle square ; hindmargin well ronnded. 



