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Wings rather short and narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; 

 eosta rounded for more than half the length from the base ; exterior 

 border not oblique, except towards the interior angle : second infe- 

 rior vein a little nearer to the first than to the third ; fourth not very 

 remote from the third. 



This genus may be distinguished from Dabarita by the length 

 of the third joint of the palpi. 



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Rhizana metarhoda. 



Fcem. Pallide laleritia, suhtus alba ; caput et thorax anticus 

 viridescentia ; abdominis segmenta albo marginata ; ala anlicce 

 nigricante subconsperste, striga costali basali brevi lata viridi 

 lineam obscuriorem undulatam includente nigricante margin- 

 ata, plaga costali subapicali viridi albo conspersa nigricante 

 marginata, fimbria alba rvfescente guttata. 



Female. Pale brick-red, white beneath. Head and fore part 

 of the thorax dull green. Hind borders of the abdominal segments 

 and tip white. Legs white ; anterior femora and tibiae reddish 

 above ; tarsi reddish, their joints with white tips. Fore wings 

 thiuly blackish-speckled ; a short broad green streak along the basal 

 part of the costa, including an undulating darker line and bounded 

 by an undulating blackish line ; a green blackish-bordered patch on 

 the subapical costa, speckled with white on its hind side, where it 

 is contiguous to a blackish straight oblique line; three blackish 

 points on the apical part of the costa and a row oi blackish marginal 

 points; fringe white, with reddish dots.* Hind wings brighter than 

 the fore wings ; fringe white, except towards the base. Length of 

 the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Fam. COSMID.E, C. L. H. x. 479. 

 Genus ENARGIA, C. L. H. x. 482. 

 Enargta contusa. 

 contusa, Cat. Lep. HeL x. 482. 

 a. Germany. From M. H.-Scbseffer's collection. 



