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which is dilated on the apical space of the fore wings ; under side 

 with the disks of the ringlets and the space between the transverse 

 lines whitish. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 15 

 lines. 



a, b. Dorey, New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Fam ZYGENIOE. 

 Genus ZYG.ENA. 

 Zyg^na mersina. 

 mersina, H.-Sck. Neue Scnm. 32, f. 163. 



Zyg^na Gurda. 

 Gurda, Led. Wien. Mts. 1861, 152, pi. 1, f. 9. 



Zyg^na Graslini. 

 Graslini, Led. Zool. Bot. Ver. 1855, 197, pi. 2, f. 3, 4. 



Zycena Truchmena. 

 Truchmena, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. 184. 



ZYG^NA ANT10CHENA. 



antiochena, Led. Wien. Mts. 1861, 151, pi. 1. f. 13, 14. 



Zycena afghana. 

 afghana, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. pt 2, 286, pi. 7a, f. I. 

 Afghanistan. 



Zyg^na negamtca. 



Fcem. Viridis ; caput thoracisque rnargo anticus coccinea; abdo- 

 men vittis duabus lads coccineis ; anticce gutta basalt coccinea, 

 fasciis tribus coccineis nigro marginatis ; posticce basi coc- 

 cinece. 



Female. Glossy metallic-green. Head and fore border of the 

 thorax crimson. Antennae and legs black. Abdomen with a broad 

 crimson stripe on each side. Posterior tibia? with a broad crimson 

 stripe. Fore wings with a crimson dot on the base of the costa, and 



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