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submedian interspace and some pale points on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, blackishj sligbtly angled, outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurv(d at middle ; the terminal area with 

 some fulvous-orange suffusion. Hind wing white tinged 

 with reddish brown, the cilia white at tips ; the underside 

 white with small blackish discoidal spot, indistinct curved 

 postmedial line from costa to vein 2, and slight diffused 

 subterminal shade. 



Hub. Tkansvaal_, Johannesburg {Cooke), 1 c? type. Exj). 

 24) mm. 



3579 a. Neophcenis catocala, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax green ; pectus and legs whitish and 

 yellow, the fore tibite with black streak, the tarsi ringed 

 black and white; abdomen yellow tinged with brown, the 

 crests tipped with black. Fore wing yellow-green slightly 

 tinged in parts with pale brown; subbasal line double, 

 blackish, excurved below costa and ending in a short streak 

 above vein 1 ; antemedial line double, black, waved, incurved 

 in cell ; claviform slightly defined by black at extremity ; 

 orbicular defined by black at sides only ; reniform incom- 

 pletely defined by black, large and extending to well below 

 the cell; an indistinct sinuous medial line; postmedial line, 

 double, black, bent outwards below costa, then oblique to 

 discal fold where there is a black streak from it to termen, 

 below vein 4 incurved and somewhat dentate, some black 

 points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined 

 on inner side by black-brown spots, slightly waved, angled 

 inwards at vein 5, a blackish spot beyond it below vein 4 ; a 

 waved black terminal line; cilia blackish at tips. Hind 

 wing pale yellow, the basal half suffused with brown ; a 

 black medial line angled outwards at discal fold, defined on 

 outer side by a yellow band ; a black subterminal band 

 expanding into a large apical patch and emitting streaks to 

 termen below veins 4 and 2 ; cilia yellow with patches of 

 black towards apex and at middle ; the underside with 

 blackish discoidal bar with pale striga on it, the medial line 

 slighter and somewhat crenulate. 



Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 ^ type. E.rp. 44 mm. 



3616 a. Thalatha occidens, sp. n. 



(J . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with reddish 

 ochreous ; tegulse with faint brown line at middle and promi- 

 nent line near tips ; patagia with some black scales near 

 upper edge ; palpi blackish at sides ; antennae brown. Fore 



