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Exp.anse of wings : 22 mm. 

 1 S. 



Near I. centrophijUa Meyr. from Australia and viridaurea Warr. from Kon 

 Island. 



32. lodis fragilis spec nov. 



Foreiving : delicate pale green, with a blnisb gloss, caused by a sprinkling of 

 fine whitish scales ; costa from near base pinkish grey, in one case pinkish ochreous ; 

 the lines whitish, deutate-lunulate ; the tirst from near base to one-third of inner 

 margin, the outer from two-thirds of costa to nearly three-fourths of inner margin, 

 the first followed and the outer preceded by deeper green ; cell-spot green. In 

 some cases both lines are very faint and indicated mainly by the dark green shades ; 

 in others quite distinct and the outer marked by wliite points on veins, while the 

 cell-spot is followed by a white spot ; fringe green. 



Hindwing : like forewing, similarly varying. 



Underside whitish green ; the costal half of forewing delicate pale green ; the 

 costal edge as above. 



Face and \ia\\A green above, white below ; fillet and shaft of antennae white ; 

 the pectinations olive-green or yellowish ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen green ; 

 segmental rings white ; anal tuft and underside of abdomen white ; legs white, the 

 forelegs greenish-tinged. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



33. Loxochila? meeki spec. nov. 



Foreiving : dark green, thinly scaled ; costa ochreous spotted with purple ; 

 the lines white, very strongly waved ; first, more or less interrupted, from one-fifth 

 of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, bent outwards above and more strongly below 

 the median, marked with white on the veins and at the ends of the projections ; 

 outer line from five-sixths of costa to. two-thirds of inner margin, marked by 

 three white spots placed obliquely on veins 7, 6, and 5, and below 5 lunulate-dentate, 

 tlie outer teeth and the lunule on submedian fold more broadly white, an acute 

 white tooth running inwards along vein 1 ; cell-spot dark green ; marginal line 

 finely white ; fringe pnrple at base, with whitish tips and chequered with white 

 between the veins. 



Hindwing : similar, without first line. 



Underside whitish green, the lines showing through ; fringes and costa of 

 forewing as above. 



Face and palpi wholly dark green ; fillet and antennae white ; vertex, thorax, 

 and abdomen green ; metathorax with white crest ; dorsum with white spots ; 

 pectus and sides of abdomen green ; femora green ; tibiae and tarsi purple-brown 

 spotted with ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : BU mm. 



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Pauresthes gen. nov. 



Among the Gcometrinm from New Guinea lately received from A. S. Meek 

 there are a few wliich cannot be satisfactorily referred to any existing genus, and 

 which, as not apparently occurring in the neighbouring islands, are probably 



