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the whole space on the fore-wings up to the post-medial line 

 whitish, the outer portion and the hind-wings suffused with purplish- 

 pink, abdominal margin pale. 

 Expanse of wings IxV inches. 



1 $, Singapore {H. N. Bidley) (type). 1 $, Sarawak {B. 

 Shelford). 



Family LIMACODID.E. 



CONTHEYLA LOLA, DOV, 



^ . Head, body and the basal half of fore-wings chestnut-brown, 

 this colour on the wings limited by a pale oblique band of pale spots 

 with grey centres and this band is followed on the outer margin by 

 a pale grey band ; hind-wings chestnut-brown ; a pale ochreous 

 marginal line to both wings and ochreous cilia, interlined ,vith grey; 

 under-side body and legs chestnut-brown, wings much paler than 

 they are above, tinged with grey and without markings. 



Expanse of wings iV inch. 



Kuching, Borneo, September 1900 {B. Shelford). 



CONTHEYLA BRUNNEA, nov. 



^. Dark olive-brown, palpi whitish at the tips, fore-wings 

 densely irrorated with black atoms except on the costal and outer 

 border where the wings are paler and slightly ochreous, hind-wings 

 blackish, outer marginal border pale and ochreous ; under-side 

 paler, the fore-wings have all the borders ochreous, the centre portion 

 black in the form of a long triangle ; hind-wings pale brown, outer 

 border broadly ochreous ; no markings above or below. 



Expanse of wing tt inch. 



Sarawak. 



Thosea peralbida, nov. 



$ . Pure white, palpi with some black hairs at the base, fore-legs 

 with grey stripes, thorax with a broad grey longitudinal stripe in 

 the middle, abdomen with a blackish diffused middle stripe below, 

 and one on each side and around the under-side of the ochreous anal 

 tuft, fore- wings with a broad grey band at the base, leaving a small 

 white space on the hinder margin close to the base, some slight grey 

 suffusion along the costa and some grey speckles on the costal 

 margin, a small grey patch below the costa near the apex. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Poona. 



Unlike any other species of the genus known to me. 



