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lower angle of cell to submeclian fold ; hind wing ochreous whitish, 

 the costal area broadly suffused with red- brown. 



2 . Fore wing with the oblique medial band replaced by a large 

 triangular ochreous white patch with its base towards costa, a 

 blackish streak above the middle of its base, the triangular post- 

 medial black patch replaced by a band before the subterminal line 

 pointed at extremities and its inner edge curved. 



Ab. 1. § . Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous white ; 

 hind wing bright yellow without any brown on basal half, the sub- 

 terminal band much reduced. 



Sab. Bengal (James), 2 $ , Calcutta (Hearse^), 1 S ; 

 Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 ^ , 2 5 ; Borneo, 2 $ ; Dutch N. 

 GrUiNEA, Mimika Bay (Wollaston), 2 S ; Ke Is., 1 S ; Fiji 

 (Mathew), 1 J , 1 $ ; Samoa, Tutuila I. (NichoU), 1 J, 1 $. 

 Exp. 52-62 millim. 



7795. Chalciope lucasi. (Plate CCXXII. fig. 17.) 



Trignnodes lucasii, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 282 (1852). 

 Trigonodes jprobleniaiica, Wlk. xiv. 1448 (1858). 



Head and thorax greyish ochreous tinged wdth red-brown espe- 

 cially the vertex of head and tegulae, the latter tipped with white, 

 the patagia edged with blackish ; fore and mid legs tinged with 

 fuscous ; abdomen greyish ochreotis. Fore wing greyish ochreous 

 tinged with brown, the costal edge fuscous ; a blackish streak in 

 upper part of cell ; a triangular black antemedial patch, its base 

 above inner margin and its apex on median nervtu-e beyond origin 

 of vein 2, separated by an oblique pale medial band from an 

 incurved black-brown postmedial band with pointed extremities 

 below costa and above inner margin, followed by an incurved reddish 

 brown band with two fine black lines on it ; an obliquely incurved 

 black-brown subterminal band from just below apex to just before 

 tornus, edged by black and with black spot below apex, followed by 

 a mther strong white line ; the termen reddish brown with a rather 

 strong black terminal line ; cilia reddish brown. Hind wing greyish 

 suffused with brown ; the terminal area fuscous except towards 

 tornus ; a black terminal line defined on inner side by grey except 

 towards apex; cilia greyish. Underside of both wings greyish 

 ochreous, the rough hair at base tinged with rufous ; fore wing 

 with a fuscous subterminal shade. 



Hah. Jamaica, 16, 1 $; Haiti (Hearne, Tiveedie), 2 S, 

 1 $ type probJe mat/ ca. ^.rp. 44-48 millim. 



Genus CUNEISiaNA, nov. 



Type, C. ohsians. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd rather long ; frons smooth, with 

 tuft of hair aboye ; eyes large, round ; antenna; of male with bristles and 



