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ARCTIAD^. 



375. Monotaxis trimaculata, n. sp. 



5 . Head and thorax blue-black ; palpi, frons, tegulse, and base 

 of patagia orange ; legs orange and blue-black ; abdomen orange^ 



Fig. 99. — Monotaxis trimaculata, 5 . \. 



the dorsal surface dull blue-black except at extremity. Fore wing 

 blue-black, with a large subbasal wedge-shaped orange spot in and 

 below cell ; an elliptical spot in end of cell, and a somewhat quadrate 

 elongate spot on apical part of costa ; cilia yellow towards tornus. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow. 



Hah. Borneo, Kina Balu {'WaUrstradt\ 1 ? type. Ex'p. 

 40 millim. 



Genus ISOEEOPUS. 

 Isorropus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 342 (1880) 



Type. 

 tricolor .^ 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons, which 

 is clothed with rough hair ; antennae of female ciliated, with a tuft of large 

 scales on upperside of shaft beyond middle ; tibia3 with the spurs moderate. 

 Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell, oblique ; 3, 4 

 stalked; 5 absent; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

 form the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 

 3, 4 and 6, 7 strongly stalked ; 5 absent ; 8 from middle of cell. 



376. Isorropus tricolor. 



Isorropiis tricolor, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 343 (1880) ; Kirby, Oat, 

 Het. p. 316. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; palpi at tips, antennse, 

 and legs blackish. Fore wing with the basal area orange to near 



Fig. 100. — Isorropiis tricolor, § . \. 



middle, the base itself crimson with a black spot ; the terminal half 

 black, with a broad orange postmedial band from just below costa 



