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20. Stauropus pratti spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 18). 



(J. Head aud palpi ocbreons, tinged with red in parts; antennae with red 

 bipectiuation ; tliorax ochreous green ; abdomen brown. 



Primary, abocc, greenish, ochreons on the outer margin ; the basal stripe 

 is obliqne, white, edged on each side with black, aud does not extend above 

 the cell ; a medial slightl_y cnrved black line, between which and tlie basal line 

 the gronnd-coloiir is darker ; postmedia! line black, cnrved round the end of the 

 cell, then straight to the inner margin ; bej'ond this a similar obscure paler 

 line slightly edged with dnsky grey ; a submarginal row of dark indefinite spots, 

 paler on their interior side ; a blackish spot in front of the apex : margin distinctly 

 sjiotted with dark grey, with pale interior edging ; fringes ochreons. Secondary 

 ochreous brown ; costa and apex green, with a short oblique ajjical double black 

 stripa 



Underside : Primary dusky grey, with a prominent ochreous costa. Secondary 

 uniformly pale ochreous. 



Expanse : 38 mm. 



Ilab. Ekeikei ; also in the Tring Museum from the Upper Aroa River. 



27. Notodonta irrorativiridis spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 8). 



? . Head, palpi, and antennae reddish ; thorax reddish Ijrown, striped with 

 black and metallic green, with the centre greyish ; the patagia alternately striped 

 with black and green ; abdomen reddish brown. 



Primary, above, greyish brown, with a broadish basal stripe of metallic green 

 m tlie cell and on the inner margin ; a large patch beyond the cell, extending over 

 a large whitish spot, which shows througli ; a submarginal short serrated strii)e 

 lietween veins 3 and 6, and a marginal irregular stripe, all of the same colour ; 

 a trace of a basal serrated black line, a double oblique black medial line followed 

 by several irregular black small spots below the large whitish spot, a trace 

 of a strongly serrated postmedial black line, a long black dash from the lower 

 end of the cell to near the outer margin ; in the middle of the costa are three 

 or four black spots, and below them a line of the iridescent green scales extends 

 its whole length. Secondary, uniform very pale brown. 



Underside : Primary uniformly pale reddish brown, darker in the cell. Secondary 

 whitish, slightly brown on the costa. 



Expanse : 62 mm. 



Hab. Dinawa, May and June. 



Lasioceros gen nov. 



(J. Eyes hairy, tongue develojied, \\&\\n curved upwards, reaching to vertex, 

 end segment short ; antennae rapidly dilated at a fifth to nearly four-fifths, 

 convex on the front and concave inversely ; the concavity for its whole length 

 is fringed and covered with very long hairs ; terminal part almost simple, but the 

 whole of the convex side is thickly clothed with very fine bristles to the tip; 

 terminal segment of abdomen probably tufted (the condition of the abdomen is 

 not good) ; legs smooth, long, and slight ; forelegs unusually long, midtibiae with 

 one pair, hindtibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



Neuratioii : Primary, vein 2 from near but beyond the middle, 3 long before 

 angle, 4 from the angle, 5 directly above the angle, G from the upper angle, 7 from 



