( 355 ) 



Hindtcing : similar ; the apex with a shallow reddish smear from veiu 8 to 6. 



Underside pale iridescent green ; costa of forewing browu-speckled, with a spot 

 at the origin of onter line. 



Palpi white below, rather bright red above and externally ; face green, whitish 

 below ; antennae red, white-dotted ; vertex, shoulders, patagia, and basal segments 

 of abdomen deep green ; thorax and rest of abdomen ])ink with thick black 

 speckling ; anal segment of abdomen and underside whitish ; laterally with a green 

 stripe ; legs pinkish, forelegs red. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



2 ? ¥. 



Allied to metaspila Wlk., saturataria Wlk., and goniota Lower. 



In this species from the base of forewing beneath there depends a fan-like tnft 

 of long green hairs. A similar tuft is present in several (probably all) of the allied 

 species ; in goniota Lower, chionoplaca Lower, lithocrossa Meyr , and suhvenKsta 

 Warr., the tuft is green ; in fasci nans Lucas, nignmaculata Warr., insperata Wlk., 

 and muscosa Warr., white. The hairs composing the tnft probably soon get worn 

 off, as they are always most conspicuous and perfect in the freshest specimens. 



23. Chlorochroma gigas spec. nov. and ab. minor nov. 



Forewing : pale green ; costa reddish grey, costal edge white, except at base : 

 two fine white lines ; the first obscure, from one-sixth of base to one-third of inner 

 margin, bent on the median ; the second from two-thirds of costa straight to 

 two-thirds of inner margin, very fine or obsolete above, thickening downwards ; 

 cell-spot dark green ; fringe yellow beyond a fine red basal line, which is sometimes 

 marked by red dots at the vein-ends. 



Hindwing : similar ; the first line curved at submedian fold, the second bent 

 at vein 3. 



Underside whitish green, the outer line showing through ; costa of forewing 

 reddish. 



Face green ; palpi white below, sometimes tinged with reddish externally, 

 the terminal segment reddish fuscous ; vertex and antennae white ; collar crimson ; 

 thorax and abdomen deep green with a yellow dorsal line ; anal segment and 

 underside white. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



9 <?(?,! ¥. 



The hindmargin of the hindwing is bluntly bent at vein 4. 



The form which I call ab. minor differs first in its smaller size, 34 — 40 mm., 

 and in the direction of the onter line of hindwing. This, instead of being bent 

 at vein 3 and so running, as in ,the type-form, parallel throughout to the hind- 

 margin, runs nearly straight across the wing, with a slight curve, if any, below the 

 submedian fold. 



Of this form there were 3 c? <? and 2 ? ? taken along with the type specimens. 



24. Chlorochroma indistincta spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull dark sage-green, with a slight bluish tinge in certain lights 



when fresh ; costa narrowly white ; fringe green ; cell-spot deeper green ; the two 



transverse lines very obscure, sometimes hardly distingnishable, and then marked 



only by the deeper tint accompanying them ; first curved from one-fourth of costa 



