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Hi7ifhm7tgs : dnll dirty whitish, liecoming.Jnll fuscous along hindmargin ; with 

 traces of a waved postmediau line; cell-spot dark. 



Underside of forewings dirty grey, with fuscous curved shades, most distinct 

 on the costa ; submarginal line marked by pale patches ; hindwings paler, with 

 large distinct cell-spot and traces of two dark submarginal lines. Head and thorax 

 like forewings : abdomen cinereons. 



Expanse of wings : 48 — 54 mm. 



Two ? ? from Mount Arjuno, Java (W. Doherty), both somewhat worn. 



59. Polyphasia cuneifera sp. nov. 



Foreioinq>i : pale olive-brown : the markings olive-fuscous : basal patch small, 

 its outer edge minntely angled above and below the median vein : central fascia 

 with inner edge bent on median, from costa at one-third to near middle of inner 

 margin; outer edge irregularly crennlate, forming a bluntly Ijilobed projection above 

 and below vein 4, from two-thirds of costa to about two-thirds of inner margin ; 

 dark olive-fuscous, the edges blackish, witli tliree waved blackish lines and cell-spot; 

 both basal patch and margins of central fascia edged finely with a whitish line, pure 

 white on costa beyond the exterior line ; submarginal line sinuous and dentate, grey, 

 preceded by an irregular fnscous shade and followed by black wedge-shaped marks 

 lieyond each tooth, the marks nearly reaching the marginal line, which consists of 

 thick paired black dashes, separated by the olive-brown veins : fringe olive-brown 

 and fuscous. 



Ilindwiiiiis : Inteous white, tinged with yellowish towards hindmargin ; marginal 

 line interrupted, blackish ; fringe whitish. 



Underside of forewings olive-fuscons, the outer line paler, and white at costa ; 

 hindwings white. Head and tliorax fuscous and grey ; abdomen i)ale grey, with 

 paired dark dorsal spots. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



One S from Mount Arjuno, Java (W. Doherty). 



61 1. Xanthorhoe conchata sp. nov. 



Forewinqs : with the ground-colour yellowish white, suifused and dusted with 

 fulvous, and crossed by numerous darker tremulous lines ; first line curved, at 

 one-fourth, dark brown, preceded by a white line, both plain only on inner margin; 

 second line from costa at three-fourths to inner margin at two-thirds, parallel in the 

 main with hindmargin, but slightly bent at veins 6 and 4, followed by a white line ; 

 marginal area beyond traversed by waved ochraceous lines: cell-spot Idack: pairs of 

 small black dashes along the margin at the ends of the veins ; fringe concolorous. 

 In one example the whole of the basal two-thirds is uniformly fulvous with darker 

 lines ; in the other the pale band between basal patch and central fascia is more 

 visible, and the outer band of the central fascia is fuscous ; in both the costa at base 

 is darker. 



IlimlwiiKis : whitish, with dark cell-spot and exceedingly faint traces of a dark 

 postmedian line ; fringe yellowish, with the marginal spots as in forewings. 



Underside whitish, discoloureil with fuscous, especially in forewings. Thorax 

 and abdomen greyish ochreous ; the face and palpi brownish. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



Two dS from Nandi, Uganda Protectorate (Dr. Ansorge). 



Palpi long, thick, and roughly haired. 



