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29. Parallelia isotima, sp. n. 



S ? .—20-36 mm. 



Head and front of thorax yellowish brown ; rest of thorax 

 and abdomen brown-;^rey, the latter somewhat darkened 

 dorsally. Fore leg (as in humilis, Moll.) somewhat darkened, 

 the tarsal joints more markedly pale at the extremities than 

 in that species. 



Fore ivbuf shaped and marked almost exactly as in humilis, 

 more glossy, paler (especially at tcrmen), olivaceous tinge 

 rather more noticeable, postmedian line more decidedly 

 incurved from R', thus forming an acuter angle at that vein. 



Hind wing slightly less dark than in humilis, narrowly 

 slightly paler at tcrmen in posterior half; beneath with 

 more extended white or whitish shading in tei-ndnal area 

 (wanting in hinnilis). 



Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000 feet (G. L. Bates), o S S , 

 4 ? ? . Also one from the same source in coll. Brit. Mus. 



Apart from the smaller size and the distinctions above 

 noted, isotima differs in having the genitalia smaller, more 

 symmetrical (the right arm in humilis truncated), the penis 

 differently shaped, etc. 



30. Parallelia curvisecta (Warr., MS. ?), sp. n. 



(J 9 . — 50-54 mm. 



Similar to interpensa, Guen. Whitish lines on patagia 

 and tegnlcC better developed. 



Fore wing with basal area concolorous with proximal part 

 of median ; subbasal white half-line well developed ; ante- 

 median line curved, parallel or nearly parallel with median. 



Hind iring paler beneath, especially in abdominal region. 



Dutch New Guinea: Wandammen Mountains, 3000-4000 

 feet, November, 1914 (.1. C. Sf F. Pratt), type S and 

 allotype ? ; Arfak Mountains. 



Labelled by Talbot " Parallelia curvisecta, Warr.,'' which 

 must be an unpublished name. 



31. Parallelia euryleuca, sp. n. 



^ . — 70 mm. 



Valpus with third joint short ; head brown ; thorax light 

 brown ; antennal shaft white proximally. Abdomen })ale 

 vellow-grey beneath, dark-mixed dorsally except at ends of 

 segments ; anal tuft strong, tinged with light brown. 



Fore wing lighter brown than in the allies [crameri, Moore, 

 etc.), with a faint olivaceous tinge; some violet-grey 



