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EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 



Fiij. \. Cteitus Thomas!, fi\t. i\., $• Vulva. 



Fiy. 2. Ditto. Ventral surface of abdomen. 



Fi(j. 'i. Ctemis uniltnedtus, K. Simon, cJ . Tibia of palpus from outside. 



Fiy. 4. Ditto. Tar.«us of palpus from beneath. 



Fig. 5. Ditto, $. Vulva. 



Fiy. 6. C'teims fa/cnfiis, s]). n., J . Tibia of pedipalp from outside. 



Fiy. 7. Ditto, 2. Vulva. 



Fiy. 8. Cfeyius Ellacomei, sp. n., 5 . Vulva. 



Fiy. 9. CteiiHs tarsalis, sp. u., $ . Vulva. 



Fiy. 10. Ctenus culcarifer, sp. u., ^ . Tibia and tarsus of pedipalp from 



boneatb. 



Fiy.W. Ctenus vcrt^hrntus, 9^. n., $. Vulva. 



Fiy. 12. Ctenus cmpidaliis, sj). n., J. Bulb of palpus. 



Fiy. 13. Ditto. Tibia of ptdipalp, showing apical spur. 



Fiy. 14. Ctenus cei/hnensis, Y. Cb. Tibia of pt-dipalp, showing apical 



spur. 



LXV. — Xew Species of Eastern and Australian fleterocc.ra. 

 By Colonel C. Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Family Microniidae. 

 Urapteroides approximanSj nov. 



(^ ? . Allied to A. geminia, Cram., but with darker bands 

 and borders ; the costa of fore wings in tiie male is broadly 

 chocolate-brown, thickly striated and marked with dark 

 brown and with a few white marks ; in the female it is 

 white, with striations of dark chocolate-brown ; the outer 

 marginal band in both sexes on the fore wings and the 

 submarginal band of the hind wings are broadly chocolate- 

 brown, complete in the male, suffused towards anal angle in 

 the female, and in tiiis sex the costal and marginal bands of 

 the fore wings are much attenuated at the apex ; the inner 

 bands are much as in geminia. 



Expanse of wings, ($ 2i, $ 3 inches. 



Shortland Island, Key Island. 



There are some specimens in the B. M. over "Warren's 

 MS. name as above. 



Family Boarmiidae. 



Subfamily Plutodis^. 

 Tasta reflexa, nov. 

 J ? . Of a uniform purple mouse-colour : fore wings with 



