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and lej^s mostly Vv^Vi oclircous-brown ; liair of fore tibia 

 partly wliite. Iliiid tibial spines concealed (wanting ?), 



Fore ivinif witb hind marfrin lobed and excised nearly as 

 in kebea, tcrnien cveidy cnrved, feebly .snberenulate, thus 

 transitional between Ilamjjson's two sections (Cat. Lep. Phal. 

 xii. pp. -1(S3, ISl) ; very variegated ; costal edge narrowly 

 bhukish, irregularly dotted with ochreous ; costal area from 

 base to i)ostme(lian line and a narrow area between post- 

 median and sul)terininal lines pndominantly of a warm 

 brown ; a broad central streak from base nearly to post- 

 median and the terminal area predominantly vinaceous ; 

 posterior region proximally darker, mottled (red-brown, 

 purplish, and blackish), marked with a few green scales near 

 liind margin ; a large greenish (distally paler and yellower) 

 blotch on hind margin proximally to the postmedian line, 

 connected with a curved green line which anteriorly reaches 

 M- at its extremities ; antemediau line obsolete; a minute 

 d.irk dot in cell representing the orbicular ; a longitudinal 

 thick dark line from this to the postmedian, crossing the 

 reniform, which is indefinitely outlined in green with a 

 ■whitish dot at its anterior and a minuter one at its posterior 

 distal extremity ; postmedian line black, irregularly edged 

 with greenish proximally, mostly very fiiiC, at its extremities 

 dentate, between R' and j\P strongly excurved ; a large but 

 ill-defined dark semicircular costal patch (shaded with 

 blackish brown and purple) between the postmedian and 

 subterminal; sul/terminal whitish, mixed with some green, 

 blue, and yellowish scales, very fine and ill-defined anteriorly, 

 fine and dentate between IV and submedian fold, then 

 thicker, straighter, and whiter to hind margin close to tornus ; 

 some irregular dark dots and dashes close to termeu, 

 obstdete anteriorly ; fringe olive-brown. 



H'md icing blackish fuscous, at costal margin pale and 

 glossy; a narrow postmedian })ale band indicated between 

 K^ and SM"-', but not sharply defined ; fringes ochreous, 

 slightly darker proximally and with a small fuscous spot 

 opposite ll\ 



Both wings beneath fuscous, strongly mixed in proximal 

 half with bright ochreous ; a slightly elongate dark cell-s[)ot 

 (best marked on hind ving) ; a narrow pale postmedian band, 

 sharply edged proximally with dark fuscous ; fringes and 

 part of termen light ochreous, the fringe with dark admix- 

 ture ; distinct dark interneural dots close to termen. 



Arfak :\ltns., Dutch New Guinea, GOOO feet, March 1910 

 (C. B. cy F. B. Prult). 



