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AKCTIAD^. 



666. . CMonsema melanoplagia, n. sp. 



c? . Pale olive-grey ; head and tegulse fuscous black ; legs mostly 



black ; abdomen with the 

 dorsum fuscous except the 

 base and anal tuft. Pore 

 wing with the basal half of 

 costa black, expanding into 

 a triangular medial patch ; 

 a streak on inner margin 

 before middle ; an oblique 

 postmedial dentate line ob- 

 solescent at middle ; a 



large subterminal black patch from vein 5 to inner margin ; a 



terminal series of black spots. Hind wing with the basal half 



whitish, the terminal half and costal area fuscous. 



Hah. S.W. N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 6 type. Exp. 26 



miUim. 



Fig. 227. 

 CMoncBma mdanoflagia, (^ . 



Fig. 228. 

 ChioncBma fumea, cJ. 



Fore wing of male with the subcostal and median nervures not 

 approximated ; the lobe extremity elongate. 



667. Chionsema fumea, n. sp. 



6 . Smoky black ; anal 

 tuft ochreous. Fore wing 

 with indistinct oblique ante- 

 and postmedial dark lines,, 

 the former the more oblique. 

 Hindwing whitish ; a fuscous 

 discoid al spot, more distinct 

 on underside ; the costal and 

 terminal areas suffused with 

 fuscous ; the inner area clothed 

 with long brownish hair. 

 Hab. S.W. N. Guinea, Kapaur (DoJm^ty), 1 d type. Exjj. 28 

 millim. 



b^. Fore wing of male with the lobe small or minute ; 

 no fringe of scales in cell. 

 a^. Fore wing in both sexes with three black spots 

 at end of cell. 

 a'^. Fore wing with orange subterminal band. 

 «'. Fore wing with the aifte- and postmedial 



lines scarlet and broad bellissifna. 



6'. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 



lines orange-red and narrow interrogaiionis. 



6*. Fore wing with scarlet subterminal band. 



a''. Fore wing mth the bands very broad ... ^j/««(?ra. 

 6'. Fore wing with the bands narrow, 

 a". Hind wing crimson or tinged with 

 crimson. 

 a''. Fore wing with the postmedial line 



not angled below costa dudgeoni. 



