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ARCTIADJ5. 



375. Monotaxis trimaculata, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax blue-black ; palpi, frons, tefrula?, and base 

 of i»atagia orange ; legs orange and blue-black ; abdomen orange. 



Fig. 99. — Monotaxis trimaculata, $ . \. 



the dorsal surface dull blue-black except at extremity. Fore wing 

 blue-black, with a large subbasal wedge-shaped orange spot in and 

 below cell ; an elliptical spot in end of cell, and a somewhat quadrate 

 elongate spot on apical part of costa ; cilia 3-elIow towards tornus. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow. 



Hah. Borneo, Kina Balu {Waterstradt), 1 5 type. Exji. 

 40 millim. 



Genus ISORROPUS. 

 Isorropus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 342 (1880) 



Type. 



tricolor. 



Proboscis fully develoj^ecl ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons, which 

 is clothed with rough hair ; antennae of female ciliated, with a tuft of large 

 scales on upperside of shaft beyond middle ; tibiie with the spurs moderate. 

 Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell, oblique ; 3, 4 

 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

 form the areole ; 11 free. Hmd wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 

 3, 4 and 6, 7 strongly stalked ; 6 absent ; S from middle of cell. 



376. Isorropus tricolor. 



Isorropus tricolor, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 343 (1880) ; Kirby, Oat. 

 Het. p. 316. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; palpi at tips, antennae, 

 and legs blackish. Fore wing with the basal area orange to near 



Fig. 100. — Isorropus tricolor, 2- [• 



middle, the base itself crimson with a black spot ; the terminal half 

 black, with a broad orange postmedial band from just below costa 



