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*471. Apistosia subnigra, (Plate XXIY. fig. 22.) 

 (Eonistis svhiigra, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 179. 



<S . Pale orange-yellow ; palpi except at base, and lower part of 

 frons black ; the greater part of fore legs and the extremities of 

 femora and tarsi black ; abdomen whitish towards base. Fore 

 Aving pale orange-yellow, the costal edge black towards base ; a 

 prominent postmedial black spot on costa and a small spot in 

 submedian fold nearer the base ; cilia slightly tinged with fuscous 

 towards apex. Hind wing paler, the inner area whitish. Under- 

 side of fore wing with fuscous-black streak below basal half of 

 costa, the cell and inner area suffused with black except the 

 terminal area. 



Hah. W. China, Wa-shan, type f d" in Coll. Leech. Exp. 36 

 millim. 



472. Apistosia humeralis. (Plate XXIV. fig. 23.) 



Apistosia humeralis, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. yi. p. 302 (1867) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 286. 



c? . Head and thorax orange-fulvous ; antennae black ; patagia 

 metallic blue ; legs metallic blue, the fore and mid coxae and femora 

 orange-fulvous ; abdomen shot with metallic blue-green, the anal 

 tuft and claspers orange-fulvous ; wings fuscous shot with metallic 

 blue-green. 



5 . Abdomen with the extremity dark, a subterminal orange 

 band. 



Hob. Cuba, 1 d . Exp. 38-46 millim. Type in Mus. 

 Philadelphia. 



Genus PALiEOSIA, nov. 



Type, P. hicosta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching just bej^ond frons which 

 is clothed with rough hair ; antennte of male with bristles and cilia ; tibiae 

 with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long 

 and narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from before angle ; 

 4, 6 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form 

 the areole ; 7 from end of areole ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with 

 vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from angle ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



473. Palaeosia hicosta, 



Lithosia hicosta, Wlk. ii. 506 (1854); Meyr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 



i. p. 702 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 325. 

 Lithosia fraterna, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 349. 



Palpi fiery orange, black at tips ; frons and antennae blackish, 

 vertex of head fiery orange ; thorax and abdomen greyish fuscous. 

 Pore wing greyish fuscous, with fiery orange stripe on costa fining 

 to a point before apex, and with a white stripe below it reaching 

 apex. Hind wing yellow. 



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