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pink, the strife being more distinct ; on outer margin beneath apex is a small semi-circular 

 dark suffusion with one or more yellow dots ; just beyond discocellulars is a narrow yellow 

 bar, extending from vein 8 to vein 5, bordered with brown and divided medially by a 

 brown stria ; the hyaline and yellow spots more prominent than on upper side. Legs 

 brown, tinged with pink, the hind tibife being much swollen and fringed on the inner side 

 by a fen of long hair. Expanse 29 — 31 mm. 



Superficially this species resembles a dark R. myricea, but it is readily distinguished 

 by the swollen hind tibiie of the $. 



Seychelles : Silhouette, 1000 ft., 1 ^ ; Marie Anne Island, 1 $. 



136. Rhodone^ira apicale, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 17, <?.) 



Head, thorax and abdomen fuscous brown. Palpi with second joint obliquely 

 upturned, third joint porrect ; in colour fuscous irrorated with brown scales. Front pair 

 of legs coloured as palpi, mid and hind pair darker ; hind tibia3 somewhat laterally 

 flattened, with a tuft of hair arising from near articulation with femora, and a second tuft, 

 black and conspicuous, near apex. Fore wing with costa straight to near apex, then 

 moderately arched, the apex being markedly produced ; fuscous brown in colour, lighter 

 towards margin, with numerous fine brown striations ; a white spot, bordered with dark 

 brown, below cell, and a second spot, indistinct, below it and slightly nearer base of wing ; 

 a few black spots on costa, most distinct towards apex ; also one or two near the white 

 spot ; a series of brown points along outer margin ; cilia fuscous brown tinged with pink. 

 Hind wing coloured as fore wing but without white spot ; scattered brown points near 

 inner margin and from base of wing to apex. Underside lighter than upper but similarly 

 coloured ; a narrow dark bi'own sub-apical patch ; a curved dash beyond discocellulars ; 

 the white spot very distinct. Expanse 26 mm. 



This species may be easily distinguished by the production of the apex, a feature 

 which is quite conspicuous. 



Seychelles: Silhouette, 1000 ft., 1 ^. 



137. Rhodoneura aldahrana, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 18, ?.) 



$. Head, thorax, abdomen, legs and palpi light fuscous brown ; palpi obliquely 

 upturned, second joint hardly reaching beyond frons ; third joint small. Fore wing light 

 fuscous brown, tinged with rufous and uniformly striated with darker brown, the striae 

 being somewhat waved ; costa tinged with pink and interrupted by lunnerous black points, 

 of which two just before apex are comparatively large and conspicuous ; cilia fuscous brown. 

 Hind winy; as fore winu' but to a lartrer extent irrorated with rufous scales ; the outer 

 margin defined by a pink linear border which is slightly extended near outer angle ; cilia 

 light fuscous, banded with darker fuscous and tipped with pink. 



? differs from the $ in that the wings are wholly suffused with brick red, the striae on 

 the fore wing being greyish fuscous and on the hind wing rufous ; the red border to the 

 hind wing extends to the fore wing also. Tergum of last abdominal segment clothed with 

 black and white scales ; anal tuft pink tipped with yellow. 



