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golden copper ; a curved dark streak from base of costa to the 

 antemedial line below the cell, with an oblique white subbasal 

 striga on its outer edge from costa ; antemedial line brownish 

 defined on inner side b}' ])inkish gre}^ inwardly oblique below 

 median nervure, a black point on its outer edge in the cell ; an 

 oblique Y-slia])ed silvery-white stigma at origin of vein 2 with a 

 point above its outer arm in the cell ; a silvery point in lower ex- 

 tremity of cell before the V-shaped dark reniform ; some chocolate- 

 brown suffusion below and beyond angle of cell ; postmedial line 



slight, double, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly 

 waved below vein 5 and excurved below submedian fold ; sub- 

 terminal line greyish defined on inner side by black with chocolate- 

 brown suffusion before it to below vein 5 and with oblique brown 

 suffusion before it from the postmedial line at vein 2 to termen at 

 vein 1, bidentate between veins 7, 6, then incurved and ending on 

 termen at vein 1, some black-brown beyond it at apex ; a fine 

 black terminal line and grey line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with cupreous brown except on basal and costal 

 areas ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a broad brown 

 subterminal shade with its outer edge angled outwards at discal 

 fold. 



Hab. Gaboox, Ogove 11. ; Natal, Durban, in Coll. Clark 

 Assam, Khasis, 1 J type crassipalpiis ; Ceylois', Haputale 

 {Mackwood), 1 S , Diyatalawa (Mackicood), 1 $ ; Java {Ilors- 

 Jichl), 1 $ ; Celeuks. Exj). 40-44 millim. 



Genus CHRYSOPTERA. 



Type. 



Clirysopiere, Latr. Fam. Nat. p. 470 (1S25) c-aurciim. 



Polychrijsia, Hiibn. A^erz. p. 251 (1827) moneta. 



Proboscis fully cleveloped ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and broadly sealed, the ord long and fringed with long hair in iront ; 

 IVons smooth, with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round, overlnnig by long 

 cilia; antennre of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and liair- 

 like scales mixed with some scales, the ]3atagia fringed witli long scales above, 

 the meso- aiid metathorax with large divided crest; ; tibise fringed with long 

 hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests on 1st and 8rd segn>ents 

 larger. l'"ore wing with tlie costa arched towards apex which is sonicwhat 

 produced, the termen typically evenly curved and not crenulato; veins Sand 



