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yellow ; the costal area red-brown to well beyond the cell, where it 

 expands into a ti-iangular patch extending to vein 2, the red-brown 

 on basal area extending to just below the cell ; some red-brown at 

 middle of inner margin ; a wedge-shaped silvery white postmedial 

 patch from below costa to vein 3 beyond the red-brown area ; a 

 narrow obliquely curved silvery white subtermiual band from costa 

 to vein 1, defined on outer side by a fine black line ; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia silvery white tinged with red-brown 

 and with a brown line near base. Hind wing with the base, inner 

 area, and the terminal area broadly golden yeUow, the rest of wing 

 white extending on costa from near base to near apex and narrowing 

 to vein 1 ; a minute brown spot in the cell near base and a brown 

 striga defining the yellow area in and just below the cell ; an 

 oblique sinuous black postmedial line between discal and submedian 

 folds defining the white area ; a small metallic silver subapical spot 

 defined on outer side by blackish ; a email metalKc silver ocellate 

 spot defined by black and with black point on its outer edge below 

 vein 5 before termen, then black points on termen below veins 4 

 and 3 and a striga below vein 2 with minute black lunules before 

 them ; cilia silvery white, tinged with red-brown at apex and with 

 browTi line at base towards apex and beyond the spots. 



Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Mimika E. (Wollasfon), 3 $, Snow 

 Mts., Setekwa E. (Meek), 1 $ . JExjj. 18-22 mm. 



(27 h) Aulacodes metazonaJis, sp. n. 



2 . Head and thorax white, the tegidse at middle and sides, the 

 patagia at tips, and the metathorax yellow ; abdomen white with 

 dorsal yellow fascia, the anal tuft yellow ; antennae yellow ; palpi 

 rufous, white at base and in front, the 3rd joint white at base and 

 tips ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs 

 tinged with yellow, the fore femora above and tibise on inner side 

 red-brown, the tarsi ringed with red-brown. Fore wing rufous to 

 submedian fold and to the subtermmal band and on basal part of 

 inner area, the rest ^of inner area and the terminal area golden 

 yeUow ; a silvery Avhite fascia below the cell and basal half of 

 vein 2 ; a triangular silvery white postmedial patch from below 

 costa to vein 4, the costa above it yellow ; an obliquely curved 

 silvery white subterminal band from costa to above vein 1, where 

 it ends in a point, defined on outer side by black points ; a terminal 

 series of black points and striga at submedian interspace ; cilia 

 silvery white, tinged with rufous except at base. Hind wing 

 silvery white, extending on costa to near apex, the terminal half 

 golden yellow extending on inner area to near base ; a red-brown 

 subbasal spot in the cell ; an oblique dark brown postmedial line 

 from below costa to submedian fold, defining the white area ; a 

 silvery white subterminal band bet^veen discal and submedian -folds, 

 defined on inner edge by fuscous and on outer by a black line ; 

 minute silvery white ocellate spots defined by black and with black 

 points on their outer edges before termen above and beloAv vein 4, a 



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