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two folds, immediately before the deep red outer band of the forewing. All tliree 

 are from the same island of the Solomon grtrnp. 



Bougainville, taken in May 19(J4 by A. S. Meek. 



Subfamily FIDONIINAE. 

 01. Chiasmia maculilinea >^i>iic. no v. 



Forewing : pale yellow ; the markings brown, generally consisting of spots ; 

 a blotch at base of costa and another at one-fourth, with four smaller spots below, 

 two on submedian fold and one each on the median and submedian veins ; cell-spot 

 round and brown, followed closely by a continuous sinuated median line, angled 

 outwards ou subcostal vein and bent inwards below median to one-third of inner 

 margin ; outer line formed of spots on veins, that on vein 5 close to median shade, 

 those on vein 2 and the submedian fold touching it ; submarginal line consisting 

 of irregular blotches between the veins, the two at costa, the two beyond cell and 

 the three lowest coalescing with each other ; two brown marginal blotches between 

 veins 7 and 4, and 3 and 1, and a spot on costa before apex ; fringe yellow, mottled 

 with brown except between veins 3 and 4. 



Hi nil icing : similar, but without the basal sjjots ; the cell-spot outside the 

 median shade. 



Underside like upper. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow ; this last and the metathorax blotched 

 with brown. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



1 (? from Cape Madang, S.E. Celebes, November I'JOl (U. Kiihn). 



62. Chiasmia minuta spec. nov. 



Intermediate, in markings, between the preceding species, macalilinca, from 

 Celebes, and radiata Warr., A'or. Zool. iv. p. 82, from the Khasia Hills. The spots 

 are swollen and more or less confluent, the submarginal line ou both wings being 

 preceded and followed by black blotches at costa, beyond cell, and below vein 3, 

 while in the forewing the lower part of the central fascia combines with the following 

 line to form a blotch on inner margin. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



1 c? from Bilit, North Borneo, July 1899 (Cater). 



Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE. 

 03. Azata fulvida spec. nov. 



Forewing : pale olive fulvous, speckled with darker ; the costa yellow, finely 

 dotted black and white; the lines brown, wavy, starting from dark costal spots; 

 first from near base, bent in cell, then oblique ; median before middle, nearer first 

 than thin! ; third from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, 

 darker and plainer than the other two, followed by a darker tint, containing a small 

 blackish blotch between veins 3 and 4 ; a brown crescent at margin before the 

 excision ; fringe (worn) coucolorous (?). 



Hindu'ing : without basal line. 



Underside yellow, tinged with deeper yellow, and speckled with fuscous ; both 

 wings with a thick purplish postmedian line. 



