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sinuous postmcdi'al lino and scries of small black spots on 

 tcnncn from apex to vein 2. 



Hal). Bkazil, llio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 ? type. E.rp. 

 28 mm. 



Genus Alypophaxes. 



Type. 



Ahj)K)phanes, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. S. Aiistr. xxxii. p. 03 



( 1908) iridicosma. 



5310 a. Ahjpophanes flavirosp.a, sp. n. 



? . Head yellow with crimson band behind ; palpi with 

 the second joint brown towards extremity, the third white ; 

 tliorax and abdomen bright rose-pink, the latter with white 

 spot at base of dorsnm and the anal tuft yellow ; pectus, 

 lc<?s, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Pore wing 

 ])rii^ht rose-pink ; a yellow subbasal band, not reaching costa 

 and expanding towards inner margin ; a medial yellow baud 

 expaiuliiig towards costa and inner margin ; the termen 

 narrowly and cilia yellow. Hind wing bright rose-pink ; 

 an oblique yellow medial band expanding into a rounded 

 patch beyond the cell and bent inwards below submedian 

 fold to above torn us ; cilia yellow. 



Hab. Solomon Is., Bougainville [Meek), 1 ? type. Ej'p. 

 12 mm. 



5310 6. Alypophanes phoenicoxantha, sp. n. 



?. Head yellow with crimson band behind; palpi with 

 the second joint brownish towards extremity ; antennae with 

 the shaft brown except towards tips ; thorax and abdomen 

 ])urplish pink, the latter with pure white spot at base of 

 dorsum and the anal tuft yellow; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white, the fore tibiae brown on inner 

 side. Fore wing yellow; a purplish-pink patch at base with 

 sinuous outer edge; a rounded purpjisli-pink antemedial 

 patch from costa to vein 1, with a yellow streak on it on 

 costa, edged at sides with blackish, and with its lower edge 

 rather excised ; the terminal area with large elliptical 

 purplish-pink patch from costa to tornus, its inner edge 

 slightly excised at middle and defined by blackish, its outer 

 edge sinuous and leaving some yellow on termen from apex 

 to vein 4 ; cilia yellow. Hind n ing purplish pink, the inner 

 area pale ; the costal area yellow; a rounded yellow patch 

 beyond the cell coujoiued to the costal area aud giving otF 

 an oblique striga from its lower edge to vein 2 ; a narrow 



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