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uiul (xuailalcanar ; but tlie nmlerside (litters froiu tyjiical njiilhin in liavinj; a ijrown 

 blotch only at a])ex of hind wings, and none at the anal angle of either wing. 



Heteresthes iron. nov. 



Forcifiiiijs : with costa convex at base and more strongly before apex, which is 

 shortly jirodnced ; hindinargin cnrved from below a])ex. 



Iliiwlioings : with hindmargin slightly curved ; apex subtnincate ; anal angle 

 strongly marked. 



Antennae, even in ?, strongly bipectinated ; jialjii jiorrect, straight, slender, 

 ])rojecting in front of face; tongne slightly developed; frenuiiini (?) absent; 

 hind-tibiae with two aj)proximate ])airs of spurs. 



Neuration: forewings, cell half as long as wing; discocellular distinctly 

 inangulated ; first median nervnle at two-thirds, second at eight-ninths ; lower 

 radial from uj)per arm of discocellular, upper from U])i)er angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 

 stalked from the same point, 7 rising mnch nearer the apex than nsnal and curved 

 downwards; 11 from cell, anastomosing shortly witli 12: hindwings, costal jnst 

 touching subcostal at a point ; 6, 7, short stalked ; medians as in forewings. 



The nndersurface is diflferently coloured from the upper. 



Type : Jleti're.sthes mibnibra sp. nov. 



39. Heteresthes subaureata sp. nov. 



Forewiiigx : green ; with faint traces of whitish lines; the first curved from 

 near middle of inner margin to one-fourth of costa, the second from two-thirds of 

 costa oblique parallel to hindmargin ; neither of the lines appears to reach the costa. 



Hindwings: with traces of outer line only. 



Underside of both wings bright pale orange, the fringes orange. 



Face deep lirown-red ; palpi ajiparently the same ; antennae and vertex pale 

 ochreous ; abdomen pale ochreous, with blotches on dorsum of red-brown scales, 

 decreasing in size towards anal segments ; thorax (probably) green. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



One (J from Florida, Solomon Islands, January lOiil (Meek). 



As is so often the case with the green Geometrids, the whole of the ui)per 

 surface is mnch discoloured with yellow, and it is impossible to give a more complete 

 description of the insect ; the red-brown dorsal crests and orange underside will, 

 however, distinguish it. 



411. Heteresthes subrubra sp. nov. 



Forewings: uniform deep green ; costa from near base more or less broadly 

 marked with dull red-brown, more sparsely towards apex ; marginal line dark 

 red-brown, interrupted at the ends of the veins by jiale dots containing a few bright 

 red scales ; fringe brownish grey, with the apices jialer. 



lliudwings : the same, but the costal area paler and towards apex varied with 

 reddish scales. 



Underside deep brick-red, the cell and sjiace beyond towards hindmargin 

 diffusely olive-grey ; costa of forewings towards apex ochreous-yellow. 



Pectus, palpi, and face beneath red ; palpi and face above brown-black ; forelegs 

 reddish fuscous ; vertex, thorax, and base of abdomen pale green (perhaps faded) ; 



