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'■^'■K Metallolophia arenaria (Leech). 



Leech's very faded type, a ? from Kiiikiang ( 7V. J'JiU. Soc. London, 1889, 

 p. 144) has long remained nniqne. Recently, however, tlie British Mnsenm has 

 acquired a beautiful <? from Mayrayo, Burma, April 1912 (V. M. Mackwood), which 

 must l>e a form of this species, although the first line of forewing falls almost 

 vertically on hindmargiu, while in Leech's type it is here markedly oblicjue inwards. 

 Otherwise the diiferences are only such as are explainable by the condition. Lines 

 on forewing and at costal margin of forewing blackish, the whole hindwing strongly 

 sprinkled with dark purple ; the markings ou the underside, though identical, show 

 up more strongly in dark purple, esj)ecially an interrupted distal band. The face, 

 front of thorax and base of forewing look brighter (redder). The S characters are 

 not typical ; antenna with short stout pectinations, about as long as diameter of 

 shaft ; hiudtibia dilated, with hair-pencil. 



Crypsiphona J\Ieyr. 



The larva, of which I failed to fiiul any account (see Gen. Ins. 129 p. 44), is 

 described (without a name) by Brittlebank {Vict. Nat. v. p. 116), and is figured and 

 described by Anderson {ibid. ix. p. 89). It seems to be related to that of Terpna 

 {Hi/pohapfa) percomptaria. Gnen., which I strongly suspect — in spite of the paucity 

 of good imaginal characters — is entirely distinct generically from the Indian 

 Terpna. 



30. Oenochlora imperialis majestica snbsp. nov. 



Differs from the typical (Australian) form in several particulars, although 

 none are very momentous. 



Purple-fuscous dusting stronger and coarser, especially in proximal area. 



Forewiny with costal part of antemedian line strong, ])ostraedian not parallel 



with termeu, but more nearly with antemedian, its costal one-fourth obsolete. 



Hindwing with salmon-coloured and rose-coloured costal clouding brighter, median 

 line thick, mixed with rosy, expanding between 11' and R-. Underside with the 

 purple bands broadened, hindwing without discal mark. All the " whitish ochreous" 

 parts of the Australian form (see Turner's description, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 

 XXXV. p, 044) are here deep, bright ochreous. 



Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 ft., 

 October — December 1910 (A. S. Meek) ; a few cJcJ iu coll. Rothschild, quite 

 uniform, 



31. Agathia defecta spec. uov. 



?, 48 mm. Face, palpus, and antenna pinkish brown, lower part of fiice and 

 underside of palpus and of clavola almost white. Vertex pinkish brown, occiput 

 green. Thorax and abdomen above pinkish brown, base of tegulae green ; abdomen 

 with very slender erect crests. Underside of body whitish. Legs whitish, foreleg 

 browner on inner side. 



Wings shaped about as in jiisina Butl. ? , or with the termen of forewing 

 slightly more convex —a little recalling that oi' AUoeopage cinerea Warr. ; venation 

 normal. Predominantly pinkish brown, costal margin of forewing rather paler, 

 the bright yellow-greoii ground-colour reduced to the following patches : 



Foretping : a broad subbasal band, immediately following the usual basal 

 brown patcl; (which is here slightly larger and more convex-margined than in 



