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37. Paragramma mimula spec. nov. 



Forewing : greyish ochreous, but the gronnd-colour u almost obscured by 

 fiiscons suffusion aud markiugs ; basal two-thirds suffused with fuscous and crossed 

 by numerous dark waved lines, the ordinary pale space between basal patch and 

 central fascia not marked; outer edge of central fascia with two prominent teeth 

 between veins 1.' and 4, followed by a jiale band of gronnd-colour, which emits a 

 pale streak to hiudmargin between o and 4, interrujjting the dark marginal area, 

 through which a very fine waved pale submarginal line is visible; a black marginal 

 festooned line, swollen between the veins ; fringe fuscous, with a paler line at base ; 

 cell-spot diffuse, dark. 



Hindwiiui : in the basal half pale, crossed by four parallel dark lines, the last 

 followed by the pale band ; marginal half dark, uninterrupted. 



Underside of both wings yellow to outer line, which is black and thick, followed 

 by a white band, representing the pale band of upjierside ; marginal area black 

 with square white blotches at apex and below middle ; cell-spots black. 



Head and thorax a mixture of ochreous and fuscous ; abdomen pale grey, 

 darker along dorsum ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs yellow ; forelegs in front 

 black. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 ? from Bougainville, Solomon Islands, May 1904 (Meek). 



The under surface is a remarkable reproduction of that of some of the species 

 of Ihfpochroma. 



Subfamily TEPHROCLYSTIINAE. 

 38. Eucymatoge rigida. 



Eujj:ihec!a rUjhhi Swinh., Tr. E. S. 1892. p. 2. pi. 1. fig, C, ^. 



Three specimens of this distinct insect have been sent by A. S. Meek from 

 Bougainville, Solomon Islands, taken in April 1904, differing in nothing from the 

 Khasia insect. The areole is double, vein 1 1 rising far back ; and the species must 

 be placed in FMcymatoije. 



30. Rhinoprora ocliriplaga sj)ec. nov. 



Forewin;) : ochreous, washed with olive-grey ; the markings blackish ; the 

 veins minutely dotted with black scales ; the basal patch small, angled in cell, 

 followed by a similarly angled pale band divided by a central dark line, the inner 

 half being pale ochreous, the outer dull pearl-grey ; outer edge of central fascia 

 at two-thirds, irregularly and minutely waved outwards and dentate inwards to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; the inner third of central fascia is darker than the outer 

 portion and edged by a black line followed by a pearl-grey one ; the outer two-thirds 

 divided by a pale line : band beyond central fascia pearl-grey with a central line ; 

 submarginal line pearl-grey, thick, obscurely lunulate-dentate, edged inwardly with 

 blackish, and with black blotches at costa, beyond cell, and above inner margin ; 

 marginal area dark, with slight pale patch between veins 3 and 4 ; a dark inter- 

 rupted marginal line ; fringe grey chequered with darker. 



IlimlwiiKj : blackish grey, except a quadrate i)atch of ochreous at anal angle, 

 with three dark waved lines across it, antemedian, postmedian, and submarginaj, 



