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costal edge black at base with some rufous below it; a subbasal 

 black iJoint below the cell ; a black striga from cosla before the 

 black antemedial Hue, which has a diHused black patch before it on 

 costa, oblique, sinuous; postmtdial line black, with black patch 

 beyond it on costa, interrupted below costa, then minutely waved 

 and angled inwards in discal fold ; subterminal line black slightly 

 defined by white on outer side, interrupted below costa, slightly 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some dentate black marks 

 beyond it below apex ; a terminal series of minute black lunules 

 slightly defined by white on inner side. Hind wing white, the 

 terminal half suffused with i'uscous ; the underside with the costal 

 and terminal areas tinged with brown. 



Ab. 1. costiplagata. Head, thorax, and fore wing with grey-blue 

 and olive-green replacing the rufous (which is probably due to 

 fading) of the typical form, 



Hab. Dutch N. Guixnea, Fak-fak {Pratt). 1 $, Arfak Mts. 

 (Pratt), type t 5 costqihigata in Coll. Eethune-]3aker ; Bk. Kew 

 GliJiNEA, binawa (Pratt), type f $ in Coll. Bethune-Eaker. Exjj. 

 22 millim. 



6494. Characoma glaucopasta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 13.) 



Head and thorax white mixed with olive-green, the tips of 

 patagia black ; palpi white irrorated with brown, the 2nd joint 

 black behind; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white 

 tinged wdth brown, i'ore wing pale olive-green overlaid with 

 white scales ; a black point at base of costa; subbasal line black, 

 slightly angled outwards below costa and at subcostal nervure, then 

 incurved and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line black 

 defined on inner side by white, oblique, waved to median nervure, 

 then strongly incurved in submedian interspace; a slight oblique 

 black discoidal striga ; postmedial line black defined on outer side 

 by white, angled outwards below costa, excurved at vein 6, angled 

 inwards at discal fold, excurved at middle and strongly incurved in 

 submedian interspace where there is a slight black mark before it, 

 a black patch with two white points on it beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and 

 wath slight black streaks bej'ond it towards apex; a terminal series 

 of black points ; cilia grey intersected with fuscous. Hind wing 

 whitish tinged with brown, the veins and termen rather darker. 



Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing with less green and more white. — 

 Perak. 



Bab. SiKHiM {Moller), 1 (^ , 4 c? type ; Assam, Khasis, 1 5 ; 

 Pekak {Uoherty), 1 $ . Ex£>. 20-22 millim. 



*6495. Characoma multilinea. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 14.) 



Clcithara muUilinca, Eeth.-Batei-, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 224 (1906). 

 5 . Head and thorax silvery wbite slightly irrorated with brown; 



