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45. Trimetopia coerulea sp. uov. 



Foiewings : pale bine, with the costa uarrowly white ; two obliiiiie white Hues 

 not reaching the costa, the first about middle of wing, the second near hiudmargin ; 

 friuge blue. 



lliudwiruis : with the outer of the two white lines only, straight from ajiex to 

 anal angle. 



Underside bluish white. Head, thorax, and abdomen blue ; antennae white. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One i from Lamu, British East Africa. 



Subfamily ASTHENINAE. 

 46. Chalyboclydon fiexilinea sp. nov. 



Foreioings : with the grouud-colonr olive-ochreous ; the basal half of wing 

 crossed by four slightly curved darker bands, the paler intervals beiug marked with 

 lustrous scales; in the middle of the wing are three thick brownish lines, bracket- 

 shaped, all being slightly angled outwards on the median and curved inwards above 

 and below it, the first of the three touching the last basal line at the curves ; from 

 two-thirds of the costa a sinuous brown line runs obliquely outwards, forms two 

 teeth close before hindmargin above and on vein 3, then curves inwards parallel to 

 the lower half of the three median lines; followed by two lustrous brown-edged lines, 

 each followed by a band of the pale olive ground-colour ; a curved purplish grey 

 baud from costa before apex to elbow of hindmargin, running narrowly along margin 

 to aual angle and there somewhat swollen ; marginal line of shallow blackish 

 luuules ; fringe bright ochraceous. 



Ilindwings : paler, with a slight pinkish tinge and with a few brownish scales ; 

 crossed by five wavy lustrous lines, the fourth the most distinct, the veins on its 

 outer edge and on each edge of the fifth line being neatly marked with brown specks ; 

 marginal line of uniform width throughout, purple-grey, with a paler grey uniformly 

 crenulated line upon it ; fringe as in forewings ; a dark cell-speck. 



Underside dull greyish yellow ; the outer line on both wings brownish ; the 

 space within it on forewings darker ; hindwiug with cell-speck. Face and palpi 

 brownish red ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen olive-ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One ¥ from the Khasias. 



Closely allied to but apparently distinct from the Sikkim marginata. 



47. Pseudasthena discata sp. nov. 



Forewings : yellow, crossed by numerous luuulate rosy orange lines, the exterior, 

 subterminal, and snbmarginal being clearest; central area suffused from costa to inner 

 margin by an olive-grey tint, which runs to the hindmargin between veins 3 and 4; 

 a snbmarginal and marginal row of rosy orange spots on the veius; friuge yellow, 

 chequered with rosy beyond tlie vein-spots; discal spot distinct, dark brown. 



Ilindwings : without the central grey suffusion, and with a purplish blotch at 

 anal angle; cell-spot large, dark brown. 



Underside dull straw-colour, with dull reddish grey markings ; tlie cell-spots 

 distinct. Face and pulpi dull red ; fillet and shaft of antennae white ; vertex and 



