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Subfara. Anticslobin^. 

 Antichloris, Hiibn. 



Antichloris ruatana, sp. n, 



Primavies and secondaries smoky black, sliglitlj palest 

 close to the apex of the primaries. Head, thorax, abdomen, 

 legs, and antennse all black. Expanse 1 inch. 



Hah. Honduras, K.uatan Island {Oaumer). 



A distinct species, allied to A. anthracina, Walk. 



Fam. OpMderidsB. 



Phtllodes, Boisd. 



Phyllodes imperialism sp. n. 



(J . Primaries fawn-colour, banded with darker brown, as 

 in Phyllodes VerhuelUi. VoU. : secondaries bluish black, paler 

 at the base. A wide pink-coloured fascia crosses the wing 

 for quite two thirds of its width, from the inner margin above 

 the anal angle to the costal margin nearest the apex. The 

 underside is more uniform in colour, and the pink fascia con- 

 siderably smaller. Head, thorax, and antennje brownish 

 fawn-colour; legs brown, abdomen blackish brown. ? . Larger 

 than the male and much darker in colour, but in other respects 

 identical, excepting the apex of the secondaries being iiTO- 

 rated with white scales. Expanse ^ 6 inches, ? 6| inches. 



Hal. Aola, Guadalcanar Jsland, Solomon Islands {G. M. 

 Woodford^ Mus. Druce). 



This fine moth is very distinct from all the described 

 species of Phyllodes, from which it is at once distinguished by 

 the wide pink fascia of the secondaries. 



Fam. TJraniidse. 



Alcides latona, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries of the same shape as in ^. aurora , 

 Salvin (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 150, t. xxii. figs. 5, 6). <^ . Upper 

 side : primaries and secondaries deep glossy black, the metallic 

 green extending from the base to about the middle of the pri- 

 maries, the same as in A. auroj-a, but of a bluer shade, beyond 

 which a narrow green line crosses the wing from the costal 

 margin towards the anal angle, but does not nearly reach it : 



