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lower angle of cell to submedian fold ; liind wing ochveous whitisli, 

 the costal area broadly suffused with red-brown. 



2 • Fore wing with the oblique medial band replaced by a large 

 triangular ochreous white patch with its base towards costa, a 

 blackish streak above the middle of its base, the triangular post- 

 medial black patch replaced by a band before the subtemiinal line 

 pointed at extremities and its inner edge curved. 



Ab. 1. 5 • Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous white ; 

 hind wins: brig'ht yellow without anv brown on basal half, the sub- 

 terminal band much reduced. 



Ilab. Bengal (James), 2 5, Calcutta {Hearsey), 1 d ; 

 Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 J , 2 $ ; Borneo, 2 $ ; Dutch N. 

 Guinea, Mimika Bay (JVoUaston), 2 S ; Ke Is., 1 6 ; Ft.it 

 (Matheio), 1 J, 1 ? ; Samoa, Tutuila I. (NiclioU), 1 J, 1 ?. 

 E.rp. 52-62 millim. 



7795. Chalciope lucasi. (Plate CCXXII. fig. 17.) 



Trigonodrs lucasii, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 282 (1852). 

 Tricjonodcs j)rohlemal ica, Wlk. xiy. 1448 (1858). 



Head and thorax greyish ochreous tinged with red-brown espe- 

 cially the vertex of head and tegula^, the latter tipped with white, 

 the patagia edged with blackish ; fore and mid legs tinged with 

 fuscous ; abdomen greyish ochreous. Fore wing greyish ochreous 

 tinged with brown, the costal edge fuscous ; a blackish streak in 

 upper part of cell ; a triangular black antemedial patch, its base 

 above inner margin and its apex on median nervure Iteyond origin 

 of vein 2, separated by an oblique ])ale medial band from an 

 incurved black-brown postmedial band with pointed extremities 

 below costa and above inner margin, followed by an incurved reddish 

 brown Ijand with two fine black lines on it ; an obliquely incurved 

 black -brown subterminal band from just below apex to just before 

 tonius, edged by black and with black spot below apex, followed by 

 a rather strong white line ; the termen reddish brown with a rather 

 strong black terminal line ; cilia reddish brown. Hind wing greyish 

 suffused with brown ; the terminal area fuscous except towards 

 tornus ; a black terminal line defined on inner side by grey except 

 towards apex ; cilia greyish. Underside of both wings greyish 

 ochreous, the rough hair at base tinged with rufous ; fore wing 

 with a fuscous subtenninal shade. 



Hob. Jamaica, Id, 1 $; Haiti (Hearne, Ticecdie), 2 d, 

 1 $ type prohlemoticd. Exp. 44-48 millim. 



Genus CUNEISIGNA, nov. 



Type, C. ohstans. 



Probdscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons sniootli, with 

 tuft of hair above ; eves large, round; antennic of male with bristles and 



