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yellowish white; the underside pale yellow, the terminal area 
suffused with brown. 
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Aroa R., type fT 9 in Coll, Bethune-Baker. 
Ewvp. 50 millim. 
*6657. Gadirtha hades. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 15.) 
Gadirtha hades, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 86 (1903). 
2. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with pale ochreous; 
tarsi banded black and pale ochreous ; pectus and abdomen brownish 
grey. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with fnscous; the 
antemedial line somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to submedian 
fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and with a broad oblique pale 
band beyond it extending on inner margin to subterminal line; an 
indistinct discoidal spot; postmedial line indistinct, oblique from 
costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 2 and strongly dentate inwards 
in submedian fold and on vein 1; traces of a subterminal line, 
more distinct aud dentate towards costa, where it is crossed by 
two slight black streaks; a fine crenulate terminal line. Hind 
wing ochreous tinged with brown; a slight discoidal lunule; an 
indistinct postmedial line angled outwards below vein 2; the 
terminal area fuscous with ochreous patch on termen below middle ; 
cilia ochreous with series of brownish spots. Underside ochreous 
with discoidal lunules, the postmedial line distinct and somewhat 
maculate on hind wing; a broad fuscous band beyond it and a 
terminal series of points. 
Hab. QuerrnstanD, Mackay, type t Q in Coll. Lower. Exp. 38 
millim. 
B. Fore wing with the costa slightly truncate towards apex, the termen 
excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus. 
a. Fore wing olive-green. 
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b\. Fore wing with the postmedial line single ............... elongata, 
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6668. Gadirtha cuprescens, n. sp. 
¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; tegule 
green at base, red-brown at tips; patagia green mixed with red- 
brown, the metathoracic erest tipped with dark brown; abdomen 
grey suffused with brown, the crests dark at tips; palpi black at 
sides towards base and white in front; pectus, legs, and ventral 
surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid tibiw greenish, the 
tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing olive-green largely 
suffused with cupreous red-brown, the apical area with some 
red-brown suffusion; antemedial line very indistinct, double, 
waved; a small tuft of black scales in middle of cell and large 
discoidal annulus defined by red-brown and with small tuft of 
scales in centre; medial line indistinct, brown, waved, excurved 
