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of the hiudwing is preceded by a blnish white patch C — SC^, the area extending also 

 on the upperside beyond St!'-. 



Hab. (Jhoiseni, Solomon Is., December 1903 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn) ; a 

 series. 



CHALCOSIIDAE. 

 16. Heterusia semiflava s])pc. uov. 



S. Body black, with a strong greenish bine metallic gloss on thorax and legs ; 

 abdomen pale straw-yellow beneath. 



Wings, black above and beneath, with a snbapical spot of metallic bine scales 



on forewing above and beneath, and on hindwing beneath. Fore wing orange 



abote from base ('extreme base metallic blue) to beyond apex of cell, the orange area 

 slightly rounded distally, its edge crossing SM' about 2 mm. from edge of wing ; 

 this area paler beneath and densely shaded with black behind cell from base to 



halfway to outer margin of wing. Hindwing : a submargiual orange band 



narrowing in front and behind, connected on upperaide with base by means of a pale 

 sulphur-yellow costal streak, the band not extending beyond SM". 



Neuration : SC^ of forewing shortly anastomosing with C, stalk of SC and SC* 

 very short. 



Length of forewing : 21 mm. 



Eab. Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea, March 1903 (A. S. Meek) ; 1 $ . 



P YRALIDAE. 

 17. Sindris magnifica spec. nov. 



? . Antenna, palpus, head at base of antenna, a line behind eye, legs and under- 

 side of abdomen black, rest of head buff, upperside of thorax and abdomen and 

 greater part of hindtibia orange-yellow, base of tarsi huffish. 



Wings, upperside, with black fringe and thin black distal border. 



Forewing : carmine, orange-yellow along hinder margin, this colour extending costad 

 distally, gradually fading away.- Hindwing orange-yellow. 



Underside : orange-yellow, forewing washed with carmine at costal margin, 

 especially distally ; hindwing also with a faint carmine tone. 



Length of forewing : 22 mm. 



Hab. Pungo Audongo, Angola (A. von Homeyer) ; 2 ? ? . 



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