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blue-metallic mark above dorsum; two small whitish spots on costa pos- 

 teriorly, from second a somewhat incurved metallic-blue streak runs to 

 near tornus: cilia grey, towards tornal area overlaid on basal half by 

 long shining coppery-bronze hairscales, at apex a whitish patch. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous; cilia dark grey. 



Java, Preangor, 5000 feet (Sythoff); one specimen. 



Eretmocera cyanosoma Meyr. 



cT 9 Abdomen with two praeapical segments sometimes suffused with 

 light ochreous-yellow above (always yellow beneath as described). Fore- 

 wings with spots sometimes almost or quite obsolete. 



Java, Tegal; four specimens. 



Protanystis n. g. 



Head smooth, glossy, rounded; ocelli posterior; tongue well-developed. 

 Antennae over 1, in <ƒ simple, basal joint elongate, slender, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, slender, smooth, terminal joint 

 longer than second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed 

 to tongue. Posterior tibiae smooth, with whorls of projecting bristles at 

 origin of spurs, tarsi with minute bristles at apex of joints. Forewings 

 lb furcate, 2 from near angle, 3 and 4 connate from angle, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings almost 1, elongate- 

 ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1 1 / 2 ; 3 and 4 connate, no transverse vein, 5 and 

 6 stalked on long median vein from base, 7 remote. 



Allied to Ptilosticha. 



Protanystis chalybastra n. sp. 



cf 9 12 — 13 mm. Head and thorax shining dark indigo-blue-grey. 

 Palpi light ochreous-yellow, terminal joint grey anteriorly. Antennae 

 dark grey, a broad white band towards apex. Abdomen dark grey. Pos- 

 terior tibiae light ochreous-yellow, with blue-metallic streak above, tarsi 

 dark grey, three apical joints white. Forewings very narrow, costa faintly 

 sinuate, apex obtuse, termen extremely obliquely rounded; dark fuscous; 

 a dull orange irregular-edged elongate patch occupying costal 2 / 3 or 3 / 4 

 of wing from 1 / s to 4 / 5 , a pale blue-metallic dot before lower anterior 

 angle of this, another on its lower edge at 2 / 5 of wing, two elongate 

 marks towards costa before'and beyond 7 3 , and a dash towards termen 

 in middle: cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous. 



Java, Tegal Simpar, 3000 feet (Lucassen); two specimens. 



Corythoxestis n. g. 



Head smooth, shining, crown anteriorly protuberant; ocelli posterior; 

 tongue developed. Antennae 1, in <ƒ simple, basal joint moderate, without 



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