CEONISTIS. — (EOXOSIA. 



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brown fascia glossed with metallic blue below it narrowing to a 

 point beyond middle ; an oblique quadrate brown patch glossed 

 with blue from below middle of cell to inner margin on which it 

 emits a fascia towards base, its outer edge emitting a curved fascia 

 to vein 5 beyond lower angle of cell; the terminal area and cilia 

 tinged with red-brown. Hind wing pale orange-yellow. Underside 

 of fore wing and costal area of bind wing deep orange-yellow. 

 Fore wing with vein 7 from beyond 9, 10 shortly stalked with 

 7, 8, 9 ; hind wing with veins 4, 5 stalked to near termen. 



Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Mt. Goliath {Meele), type f 6 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 48 millim. 



Genus (E0N0SIA, no v. 



Type, (E. aurifefa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching to about middle of 

 frons, which is smooth ; antennae of male bipectinate with short branches, 

 the apical part ciliated ; tibia; with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather 

 long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved; vein 2 from 

 middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from well before angle ; : 4, 5 from angle ; 

 9 from 10 anastjmosing with 8 to form ih<S areole, 6 froni the areole ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12, Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 

 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 shortly stalked ; 6,- 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



In key differs from Agylla in the fore wingr having vein 11 anastomosing 

 with 12. 



*3S2 d. (Eonosia aurifera, 



(Eonistis aurifera, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p.- 2*25 (1912). 



cJ . Head and thorax glossy orange-yellow ; palpi, frons, and 

 antenme black-brown, the palpi fringed with orange-yellow hair 

 in front at base; extremities of femora and the tibia; in front 

 black-brown, tbe tarsi black-brown ringed with yellow ; abdomen 



Fig. 112. — (Eonosia aurifera, rf . 



orange-yellow. Fore wing pale glossy orange-yellow, the costd 

 black-brown suffused with metallic blue to beyond middle, then 

 the costal edge black-brown; an antemedial black-brown spoj 

 suffused with metallic blue ahove inner margin and a rather 

 diamond-shaped patch in and below end of cell from discal fold to 

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