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the basal third ; head, collar, and abdomen (excepting 
at its base) yellow; a stripe across the vertex, the basal 
joint of the antenne and their upper edge white ; 
primaries below rather paler green than above ; a broad 
discal slate-coloured belt, beginning at the upper radial 
vein and expanding to the outer margin below the second 
median branch ; an apical dot of the same colour ; base 
of fringe and costal border yellowish; a black dot at the 
end of the cell; secondaries shining greenish cream- 
colour, crossed by two arched diffused green bands 
enclosing subquadrate slate-coloured spots ; body below 
pale creamy pink ; expanse of wings, 1 inch 8 lines. 
Santarem, Rio Jutahi, 4th February, 1875. At light. 
This beautiful species appears to come nearest to 
** Nemoria”’ bryata of Felder. 
TACHYPHYLE, n. ¢. 
Allied to Jodis and Phyle; wings elongate-triangular, 
the primaries being almost rectangled triangular, the 
secondaries much prolonged at anal angle; head and 
thorax large and robust; antenne rather short, pecti- 
nated for about two-thirds of their length; palpi pro- 
jecting slightly in front of the head ; legs compressed, 
with rather short tibial spines; abdomen rather short, 
scarcely longer than the thorax (not including the head). 
Type, 7’. acuta. 
29. Tachyphyle acuta, n. s. 
Deep apple-green ; wings crossed beyond the middle 
by an oblique creamy white stripe, from apex of primaries 
to below the middle of the abdominal margin of 
secondaries ; fringe white, with a dull greenish basal 
line ; primaries with a black dot at the end of the cell ; 
a faint indication of a transverse whitish line at about 
the basal third; secondaries with yellowish abdominal 
fringe ; vertex of head snow-white ; face and antenne 
flesh-coloured ; collar yellow; thorax green; abdomen 
yellow (possibly faded, or changed from green or white) ; 
anus white; primaries below paler green than above, 
becoming whitish towards the euter margin ; a black dot 
at the end of the cell; secondaries sericeous greenish 
white; legs flesh-coloured, the tibie spotted at both 
TRANS. ENT. Soc. 1881.—parT II. (SEPT.) . 2x 
