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postmodian fascia witli the outer edge sinnate, followed liy n thick snbmarginal 

 parallel line. 



Ilimhviiig.-i : the same ; fringes gone. 



Underside whitish. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with gronnd- 

 colonr. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One ? from Warri, Nieer Coast Protectorate, April 1807 (Dr. Koth). 



Thongh ajiparcutly a ?, judging from tlie aklomcii and long-jointed palpi, this 

 insect has well-i)ectinated antennae. In the forcwings veins 6, 7, 8, 0, 10, 11 are 

 stalked together, II anastomosing strongly with VZ. 



I refer it to Leitcoghjphicu provisionally. 



CI. Metallochlora proximata sji. nov. 



Vorettiiiga : delicate green ; the costa broa<lly ycllnwisli oehreons ; from below 

 middle of costa a deeper green slightly waved broad shade runs to beyond tlie 

 middle of inner margin ; from three-fourths of costa a similar shade runs, strongly 

 angled outwards towards hindmargin on vein 0, then nearly parallel and close to 

 hindniargin to anal angle, edged externally by a line of paler green ; a row of 

 yellowish oehreons lunules between the veins along hindmargin, each containing 

 a pnri)lisli crescent with some purplish scales along the margin ; fringe yellowish 

 oehreons ; cell-spot dark purple, edged with oehreons scales. 



Ilindiriiuj.t : the same, without median line, and the outer line curved jiarallei 

 to hindmargin. 



Underside pale green : fringes and costa of forewing yellow. Face and palpi 

 pale below, dull reddish above ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen green : abdomen with 

 five dorsal metallic red-brown plates, more brilliant in the c?. 



Expanse of wings : S 24 mm. ; ? 24 — 20 mm. 



One S, three ? ?, from Tugela, Solomon Islands (Woodford). 



Nearest to M. tlotata Warr. from Queensland, and .1/". (liji'erctis from tlie 

 Tenimber Islands. 



02. Nemoria pisina sji. nov. 



Foreiving.t: bright pea-green : the costa narrowly pale ; lines whitish, the first 

 curved above, vertical below, at one-third ; the second at two-thirds, curved below 

 costa, then straight and oblique, parallel to hindmargin, approaching first on inner 

 margin ; fringe white. 



Uimhring^ : with the central line only. 



Underside uniform whitish green. Face and palpi dull reddish above, jiale 

 below ; vertex and shaft of antennae white : thorax and abdomen bright green. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



Six S (3 from .Selaru, Tenimber Islands, March and April ls97 (Micholit/.). 



This species nuist come very near A', delirataria MoescLl. from Surinam. 

 The green is very liable to fade ; of the six specimens two only are bright 

 green, two quite bleached, and two partially worn ; in neither of the fresh specimens, 

 nor in one of those somewhat worn, is there the slightest trace of a discal spot : but 

 in all the other three a minute blackish spot is visible in the forewings, in one 

 example in the hindwings also. 



