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Hind wings : with the shade central, slightly bent, following the small white 

 cell-dot ; outer line approximated to median on inner margin. 



Underside whitish ochreous, in the forewings tinged with rosy. Paljji pale 

 ochreons, tinged with red above : face whitish, with a red bar at top ; verte.\ and 

 shaft of antennae white ; thorax concolorons with wings ; abdomen wanting. 



Expanse of wings : 33 mm. 



One c? from Cedar Bay, North Queensland (A. S. Meek). 



131. Problepsis auriculifera sp. nov. 



Forewings : pure white, the costa fuscous to middle ; discal ocellus distinctly 

 ear-shaped, fulvous, with metallic leaden and black scales all round the margin, and 

 similar linear spots in the centre between the veins ; a round fulvous annulus below 

 it, with similar scales ; some silver}' scales along inner margin : postmedian line 

 smoky ochreous ; the submarginal line formed of blue-grey cuneiform spots, the 

 outermost line of blue-grey triangular spots ; marginal line dark blue-grey ; fringe 

 glossy white, with a darker dividing line. 



Hindwings : with a dark oval ocellus, its margin marked as in forewings, 

 followed by an obscure annnlns on inner margin, with silvery scales to anal angle. 



Underside white. Palpi and face black above, white below ; vertex black : 

 collar, thorax, and abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : cJ, 26 mm. : ? , 32 mm. 



A pair, bred, from Singapore. 



Distinguished from deliaria Guen. by the differently shaped and much darker 

 ocelloid spot. 



132. Problepsis digammata sp. nov. 



Argi/ris latonaria var. "Wlk. XXIII. p. b07, nee Guen. 



To Walker's description, which is good as far as it goes, may be added that 

 the discal annulus of the forewings is marked with black scales above, and on the 

 hindwings is wholly silvery ; in these wings the central line is not interrupted by 

 the discal mark, but passes inside it. 



One ? from Pieter Maritzburg, Natal. 



133. Problepsis hemicyclata sp. nov. 



Forewings: white, the costa narrowly smoky ochreons : discal ocellus fulvous, 

 horseshoe-shaped, not reaching below the median vein, edged within ou the outer side 

 only by a black curved mark, with some silvery scales iu the centre, and with a line 

 of brilliant silvery scales all round, these being continued without closing the 

 ocellus at the bottom along each side of a pale ochreous streak to the inner margin; 

 postmedian line yellowish ochreous ; submarginal line of blotches smoky grey ; the 

 subterminal line yellowish ochreous, not grey, as in (ipollinaiia Guen.; marginal 

 line also ochreous ; fringe white, with an ochreous dividing line. 



Hindwings : with a long silver-edged annulus with an ochreous centre ; some 

 irregular silvery marks along inner margin to anal angle. 



Underside white. Palpi white, tijtped with fuscous ; face white, except the 

 extreme top, which is fuscous ; vertex white, with a fuscous spot in front ; thorax 

 and abdomen white. 



