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marginal area jiulcr, witli a grey cloud lielnw vein 7. Thorax and iilidonieM like 

 wings ; shoulders ]>iile i)rown : i'.ue, vertex, iind jialjii yidlow, viiricd witli bright 

 oninge : antennae hrown, with basal joint jialc oehrcous ; forelegs orange internally. 



Expanse of wings : (io mm. 



One c? from Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands, Ajiril — Jlay I'.lUl (Meek). 



^<i». Hyposidra flaccida, ali. grisea nov. 



A series of fonr ?¥, five 6 6, from (JnudaJcanar, Solomon Islands, lat(dy 

 received from A. S. Meek, contains one 6 whieh by itself might well be taken for 

 a sejiarate si)ecies. Insteail of the dee[) jnirjile slate-colonr of the ///pr this 6 is 

 jiale sordid grey, with all the markings dnll fuscous grey, the whole surface tiiic'kly 

 speckled with dark atoms. 



The head, thorax, and abdomen like the wings. Underneath, however, the 

 example is of the tyj)ical pnqde slato-colonr. 



81. Hyposidra incomptaria, al>. purpurea nov. 



Of ten examples of this variable species, lately received from Ciuadaieanur, 

 taken by A. S. Meek in April and May lOO], six 6 6 are fairly typical, two are of 

 the form jj»lli(/a Warr., in whieli the inner margin of forewings is broadly jiale 

 ochreous, and the single ? differs only from those hitherto observed, in having the 

 inner and onter waved lines of the forewiug edged with pale slightly lustrous scales; 

 the ninth 6, however, which I propose to call ab. purpurea, differs from all other 

 described forms ; it is wholly dark pnrple slate-colour, almost as dark as fresh 

 sj)ecimens of //. Jiaccida Lucas : but the usual lines and shades can be traced, and 

 the small ferruginous patch above anal angle of hindwings is present both above 

 and below. 



After seeing the 6 and the ? above mentioned, I think it very jirobable tliat 

 the two ? ? described by me as //. prunicolor from Stephansort, German New 

 Guinea (Nov. Zool. IV p. 119), and //. macuUpennis from the Solomon Islands 

 (Nov. Zool. Ill p. 416), are both forms of the ? of //. incomptaria Wlk. 



82. Omiza annulata. 



Hypochrosis annulata Pag., Entom. Nachr. 1896. p. 52, 6. 



„ „ Ah/>. Scnck Grs. ISOT. t. 18. fig. 3, 6- 



Of this Celebes form three examples from Honthain, taken by Doherty in 

 August \x'M from 30110 to TOOO ft., have lately been received. One of these is a ? . 

 This differs from the 66 in having the central space between the two oblique lines, 

 except along costa and inner margin, filled in with dull purplish brown, obliterating 

 the annulns and extending into the apex ; on the underside the corresponding space 

 is occui)ied by a suffusion of vinous red, mixed with j)nrplisli-browu spots. It is 

 rather larger than either of the two 6 6. 



83. Polyacme maculata. 



Eiitnmopeplo, marulata Warr., Nov. Zool. IV p. 402 ?. 



The type specimen was labelled S. America, but this locality, as I suspected, 

 proves to be wrong. Another example, a ? like the type, has been received from 

 Larat, taken by H. Kulin. and the insect must be i)laced in the genus Polyacme. 



