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rnfous ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen coucolorons with wings ; legs and underside 

 of abdomen ochreous ; the forelegs rnfons. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



One (? from !St. Aignan, August— November 1897 (A. S. Meek). 



43. Hypochroma pui'piirifera s]i. nov. 



Foreicings : a mixture of wliitisli, dull green, and dull reddish scales, the 

 whitish predomiuiiting: the costal area more greenish, and the hiudmargiiial greenish 

 mixed with red : the marginal third with transverse black striae ; the lines blackish, 

 fairly distinct : first at one-third, nearly vertical, but forming three slight curves; 

 secon<l at twu-thirds, irregularly ileiitate, and incurved below vein 4 : sidimargiual 

 line distinct, whitish, strongly dentate, edged on both sides by pinkish and black 

 scales ; a row of marginal black spots between veins ; fringe whitish, mottled witli 

 black at the ends of veins ; ccll-sjiot linear, dark. 



Ilinduinys : more reddisli-tinged throughout ; basal area with the usual 

 tnt'ts ; outer Hue at two-thirds, regularly lunulate-dentatc, edged by wliite lunules 

 of slightly raised scales ; submargiual liue whitish, waved ; black striae and s])ots 

 congregated along veins ; basal two-thirds of abdominal margin as well as the 

 fringe goldeu yellow. 



Underside of forewings : costal base golden; below nu'dian vein and centre 

 of cell dull ])urple : cell-spot large, velvety black, followed by a subqnadrate white 

 blotch ; a broad black marginal fascia ; the ai)ex and fringe white ; hindwings 

 with basal two-thirds goldeu ; cell-spot smaller, followed by a smaller white 

 blotch ; marginal border complete. Palpi ochreous, the tips of tlie joints pale 

 brown ; face brownish yellow ; vertex and collar ochreous, with a few dark scales ; 

 thorax like wngs ; abdomen smooth, pinkish ochreous, much sjieckled witli black: 

 with a yellow lateral stripe. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One ? from Tugela, 8olomon Islands (AVoodford). 



Nearest allied to mbonmta W'arr. and aurantiacea Lucas, and above wonder- 

 fully like muscosaria Guen. 



In forewings veiu 11 anastomoses with ]■,', and 10 with 11 ; <> and 7 of 

 hindwings separate. 



44. Hypochroma viridicoma sp. nov. 



Foreicings : {)ale green, darker at base and along costa, sprinkled in places with 

 black scales ; costa marked with dense short black striae ; inner line from about 

 one-third of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, marked by a darker green shade 

 mixed with black and a few jiiuk scales ; cell-spot leddish ; outer line from a dark 

 spot at two-thirds of costa, oblique outwards to vein C, vertical to vein 4, then 

 strongly oblique inwards to middle of inner margin, fine and slightly dentate, dark 

 green, immediately succeeded by a jiale space ; submargijial lin(? irregularly dintate, 

 pale green, i)receded by a red-brown blotch on costa and by patches of mi.xed 

 pinkish and blackish scales beyond cell and above inner margin, and followed by 

 red-brown patches at the same places ; dark lunulate spots along hiudmargin 

 between the veins ; fringe pinkish, mottled with darker. 



Uinduiitijs : witii basal half a mixture of black and dull pink scales, with large 



