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dorsal bands except on basal segments; tarsi rufous ringed with 

 white. Fore wing violaceous white, the area from medial to sub- 

 terminal line bright rufous except towards costa; a subbasal black 

 point on costa ; antemedial line blackish towards costa, then in- 

 distinct, rufous, angled outwards in submedian fold ; a minuto 

 brown point in middle of cell ; medial line with oblique dark striae 

 from costa, rufous mark beyond the cell, then rufous and incurved ; 

 postmedial Hue slight, rufous, excurved below costa, slightly 

 angled inwards in discal fold, then minutely waved, some white 

 and brown points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, 

 minutely dentate and with some black points on its outer edge 

 towards costa, angled inwards in discal fold and outwards to termen 

 at middle, then incurved ; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia rufous 

 with a whitish line at base. Hind wing violaceous white, the area 

 from the sinuous rufous medial line to the white subterminal line 

 bright rufous, the latter with minute black points on its outer edge, 

 angled inwards in discal fold and outwards to termen at middle ; 

 cilia yellowish tinged with rufous and with w r hite line at base; the 

 underside pale yellow, the termen black, black points in middle of 

 cell and on discocellulars. 



Hub. N. Guinea ( WaVace), 1 S ; Queensland, Brisbane (Turner), 

 1 6 • Exp. 18-20 millim. 



5083. Eublemma semirufa. (Plate CL. fig. 26.) 



Eitblemma semirufa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 207 (1902). 



$. Head and tegula3 rufous; thorax pale purplish grey; abdo- 

 men pale purplish grey, the terminal segments with diffused 

 fuscous brown bands ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. 

 Fore wing pale purplish grey ; subbasal line represented by black 

 points on costa and in cell, the antemedial line by a black Btriga 

 from costa and point in cell; medial line deep rufous, oblique from 

 costa to vein G, incurved below vein 4 and slightly excurved above 

 inner margin, the area between it and subterminal line deep rufous 

 irrorated with yellowish except towards costa to below which it 

 curves upwards at postmedial line, then oblique to subterminal 

 line below vein 5 ; postmedial line rufous, bent inwards to c 

 then minutely waved, incurved in submedian interspace, the coita 

 beyond it with minute alternating black and white streaks; .sub- 

 terminal line slight, white, very minutely waved, with a Beri< - 

 black points on its outer edge, excurved at middle, then in. urved ; 

 an oblique fuscous striga from apex ; a fine brown terminal line ; 

 cilia white at base, black at tips. Hind wing pale purplish grey ; 

 medial line rufous, slightly incurved, the area between it and suh- 

 terminal line rufous mixed with yellow and irrorated with black 

 scales on disk; postmedial line rufous, dentate, incurved in Bub- 

 median interspace; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side 

 by black points, slightly excurved at middle ; a fine brown terminal 

 line; cilia white at base, blackish at tips. Underside of both 



