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Mr. II. IJ. Druce on nem 



IJah. Matang Road, Sarawak, British N. Borneo [Moulton). 

 Type Mus. Druce. 



Also allied to 8. hononia, Hew., but that insect, afrain, is 

 golden yellow on the underside and the clubs of the antennae 

 are ochreous on both surfaces. We liave a specimen of 

 S. hononia from Borneo agreeing exactly with Ilewitson's 

 type. Mr. James Edwards has kindly examined the specimen 

 described above, and states that lie does not know it. 



Matapoides, gen. nov. 



Antennae : shaft rather long, terminal crook sickle-shaped. 

 Palpi : second joint thickly scaled, third joint concealed. 

 Fore wing : apex produced, termen nearly straight, dorsum 

 markedly convex, witii its basal two-fifths distinctly con- 

 cave; cell narrow, half length of costa. Hind wing: apex 

 rounded, anal angle somewhat produced ; vein 5 obsolete, 

 cell very small, costal half bearing a large patch of long hairs 

 wiiich are attached to the membrane in cell 7. Legs spinous, 

 hind tibial with two pairs of spurs. No linear sex-mark on 

 fore wing. 



Type, Matapoides smarar/dinus, sp. n. 



Differs from Matapa, Moore, by the longer and sickle- 

 shaped antennje, by tiie shape of the wings, and by the much 

 shorter discoidal cells of both fore and hind wings. 



Matapoides smaragdinus, sp. n. 



cJ . Upperside : fore wing uniform dark brown, paler 

 towards the apex ; below the base of vein 2 is a narrow 



brilliant iridescent emerald-green streak, which is only visible 

 wdien the insect is held at an angle ; cilia concolorous with 

 wing. Hind wing dark brown, with the costal half shining 



