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medial line ; a blackish dentate postmedial line, double and rather 

 diffused below vein 2 ; a terminal series of black points. 



Hah. Queensland, Kuranda (Dodd), typef cJ in Coll. Turner, 

 Exj}. 22 millim. 



Genus (ENOPTEEA, nov. 



Type, (E. pitrpurea. 



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

 head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rouud ; 

 antennae of male laminate and ciliated, the basal joint with tuft of hair ; thorax 

 clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests. Fore wing with the 

 apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 and 10 stalked, 

 9 absent, 7 from well beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 

 shortly stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 

 only. 



A. Fore wing deep purple-red purpurea. 



E. Foi-e wing yellowish tinged with rufous aoldalica. 



5390. (Enoptera purpurea, n. sp. 



6 . Head and thorax purplish red mixed with some ochreous ; 

 legs paler red, the tarsi with blackish rings ; abdomen dark brown, 

 the ventral surface pale red. Pore wing purplish red mixed with 

 some ochreous and irrorated with blackish, the terminal area 



Fig. 73. — GEiioptera purpurea, c?. f. 



darker ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, defined by yellowish 

 towards costa, angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; post- 

 medial line very indistinct, yellowish, oblique from costa to vein 6, 

 then inwardly oblique, the costa beyond it with alternating yellow 

 and black streaks ; a series of black stri« just before termen with 

 slight yellowish marks beyond them on termen ; cilia black at apex, 

 then yellow to middle and chequered black and yellow towards 

 tornus. Hind wing dark brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia with 

 fine ochreous line at base and ochreous tips. Underside of fore 

 wing dark brown, the costal area reddish yellow irrorated with 

 black to middle and from postmedial Kne to apex, the inner area 

 whitish ; hind wing reddish yellow irrorated with black, a black 

 discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Cetlon, Kegalle {Alston)., 1 S type. Exp. 14 millim. 



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