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Subfamily TEPHROCLYSTIINAE. 



Tl. Opistheploce rufixla sp. nov. 



Like Opistheplnrc cinerea \\&x\\, from Batchiaii, Imt the gvoniKl-colonr rnfoiis- 

 ochreons, tlie lines and shades brown. Hindwing with a dark anteiuedian and 

 postmedian brown line. 



Underside ochreons with the shades black. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



One S from Milne Bay, British New (jainea, .Tannary 1899 (Meek). 



72. Tephroclystia basichlora sp. nov. 



Foreifiiiffs : with a narrow basal area, an exterior faseia and an oblicjne streak 

 from apex pale green ; the rest of the wing reddish fnscons ; a dark spot on costa 

 in the green basal area, which towards inner margin is edged with white ; central 

 fascia broad, crossed by eight darker lines all angled on subcostal, the space between 

 the first and second and between the fourth and fifth darkened to form an internal 

 and median band; the outer edge forming a bluntly rounded projection towards hind- 

 margin between veins 3 and 4, then strongly inflected ; the pale green postmedian 

 band which follows it widened on inner margin and traversed by a darker line which 

 becomes blackish at inner margin ; the internal edge of the green band next the 

 central fascia whitish; the green band is followed below costa by three or four black 

 wedge-sliaped marks with paler edges ; a row of black marginal marks ; fringe 

 reddish fascous, with distinct pale greenish flecks beyond the dark marks. 



Ilindicitigs : cloudy reddish fnscons, with black marginal line ; fringe as in 

 forewings. A curved paler postmedian fascia is faintly traceable. 



Underside dark grey, with all the markings reproduced. 



Face, palpi, vertex, and thorax pale green ; the palpi fnscous-tinged towards 

 the tips ; abdomen darker, grey-green, with anal segment ochreons, probably green 

 when fresh. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



One 6 from Negros, Philippine Islands, March— April 1>'JG (Whitehead^. 



Allied to chlorophora Swinh., and hieir'ulata Warr. 



73. Tephroclystia olivaceata sp. nov. 



Forewings : shining olive-green, the markings deeper green ; the green darkest 

 on costa and inner margin ; a basal patch, a broadish antemedian fascia, constricted 

 in cell, a narrower postmedian fascia, outcnrved in middle, and a duller subniarginal 

 fascia; the edges of all these fasciae are darker and are margined narmwly with 

 a pale and then a dark fine line; marginal line fine, black ; fringe green. 



Ilindwings : cinereous brown, with faint traces of two or three curved lines. 



Underside greyish ochreons towards base, becoming darker grey towards hind- 

 margin, with the lines still darker ; hindwing with the lines distinct. Head and 

 thorax olive-green ; jialj)! jiale green above, ochreons below ; abdomen ochreons 

 at base and on anal segments, blackish between, the segments finely edged with 

 pale. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One ?, seven c? <?, from Milne Bay, British New Guinea, November 1898 — 

 February 1899 (Meek). 



The costa of forewings is slightlv rounded near base. 



