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hind wing thickly irrorated with bluish-white, shading into the dark 

 proximal area. Underside of hind wing irrorated with bluish- white ; 

 both wings beneath with dark discal spot, and bluish-white postmedial 

 line. Slightly paler at apex of hind wing above and of fore wing 

 beneath than ? $ from New Guinea, but differs much less than in 

 the <? . 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, one $ , one ? . 



It is possible that cyanocraspis Hmpsn. may have to sink to 

 porphyrodes Beth.-Bak., the type of which I have, unfortunately, not 

 seen. Porphyrodes appears to be without the pale distal margin of 

 fore wing; but this shows a tendency to be lost in worn specimens 

 of cyanocraspis. 



53. Ommatophora burrowsi sp. nov. 

 <? ? , 59 mm. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, legs, palpus, and antenna as in fulvastra Gn. 

 Fore wing much as in fulvastra Gn. ; the general tone rather paler and 

 less contrasted than in Philippine specimens ; antemedial line waved 

 and excurved, a little less oblique than in fulvastra, usually without 

 any strong angle at fold ; postmedial line rather more waved from costa 

 to R 1 than in fulvastra, a little more inwardly oblique from R 1 to M 1 , 

 with a slight proximal angle about R 2 ; subterminal and terminal lines 

 much as in fulvastra. 



Hind wing brown, almost entirely lacking the pale apical spot of 

 fulvastra ; markings much as in that species, but the medial line 

 straight and oblique (or almost incurved) behind B 1 not excurved as in 

 Philippine specimens. 



Underside of both wings almost uniform brown ; hind wing with 

 the distal third somewhat darkened, two white spots near termen 

 (behind B 1 and M 2 ), a black ring filled in with red-brown on discocellu- 

 lars and slight waved medial and postmedial lines. Fore wing with 

 faint waved medial and postmedial lines and slight subterminal shade. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, two $ , seven ? . 

 Also in coll. Joicey from Amboina, Key and Aru Islands. One specimen 

 in coll. British Museum from Ceram in series of fulvastra belongs 

 to this species. 



Extremely near to fulvastra Gn. and luminosa Cr. The three might 

 well be all races of one species, but Mr. Burrows, who has examined 

 the genitalia of fulvastra specimens from India and Borneo and burrowsi 

 from Ceram, considers them distinct species. 



