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rounded, rather oblique ; 3 aiid 4 from a point, 11 not anastomosing 

 with 12 ; green ; a rather narrow iridescent white border along 

 costa and hind margin throughout, margined exteriorly first witli 

 rosy and then with iridescent blue-black, interiorly first with 

 iridescent blue-black and then with brown-red, its inner edge on 

 costa forming a moderate projecting tooth before middle and two 

 shorter ones between this and apex, on hind margin irregularly 

 subdentate, forming a moderate projection upwards at anal angle ; 

 cilia pale yellowish. Hind wings with hind margin rounded; 

 colour, hind-marginal border, and cilia as in fore wings, but with- 

 out anal projection. 



Port Moresby (Kowald) ; one specimen. C. dispinsa, 

 Walk., is very near this, but differs by the possession of 

 a discal spot above anal projection in fore wings. 



101. Comostola jyi/rrhogana, Walk. 



Eucrostis pyrrhogona, Walk., Suppl., 1610. 



? , 18 — 19 mm. Head reddish-orange, fillet paler, its posterior 

 margin sometimes black, lower part of face whitish. Palpi red- 

 dish-ochreous, beneath white, terminal joint long. Antennag 

 whitish-ochreous. Thorax pale blue-green, with a posterior orange 

 spot. Abdomen pale blue-greenish, on back ferruginous-orange, 

 with two partly confluent blue-black longitudinal lines. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous, anterior pair suffused with bright rosy, posterior 

 tibiae whitish. Fore wings with costa hardly arched, hind margin 

 rather strongly rounded, oblique ; 3 and 4 stalked, 11 sometimes 

 anastomosing with 12 ; light blue-green ; a moderate somewhat 

 irregular ferruginous-orange streak along costa, mixed with shining 

 blackish scales ; a moderate deep red hind-marginal border, its 

 inner edge strongly waved, bisected by a shining black line, of 

 which anterior edge is also waved, posterior portion sometimes 

 paler and more ochreous ; anterior indentations of tliis border 

 filled with whitish ; a small red spot on its posterior extremity, 

 forming a projection upwards ; a hind -marginal row of black dots ; 

 cilia ochreous-yellow, base with a few black scales on hind- 

 marginal dots. Hind wings with hind margin rounded; colour, 

 hind-marginal markings, and cilia as in fore wings, but witliout 

 anal projection. 



Port Moresby (Kowald) ; two specimens. 



