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ochreous spot in disc at ! /é 5 a broad irregular whitish-yellow fascia from 

 dorsum beyond middle to near costa at 3 / 4 , narrowed at apex (cilia injured). 

 Hindwings orange-yellow ; base blackish ; a broad somewhat irregular- 

 edged blackish terminal band; cilia yellow- whitish, basal third blackish. 

 Java, Batavia; one specimen. In damaged condition, but distinct 

 and interesting. 



Phy codes venerea n. sp. 



Ç 14 mm. Head dark grey (rubbed), orbital hairscales white. Palpi 

 dark grey, towards base white. Thorax dark grey speckled with whitish. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, costa almost 

 straight, apex obtuse, termen straight, vertical; dark purple-fuscous, with 

 very fine transverse striation of minute whitish specks ; a transverse black 

 fascia at 1 / 3 margined with greenish-silvery -metallic streaks ; a Y-shaped 

 black figure margined on both sides with greenish-silvery-metallic streaks, 

 arms resting on costa beyond middle and at 4 /s5 point reaching rather 

 more than half across wing, posterior silvery streak curved along costa 

 to near apex; a narrow purple terminal fascia, and preceding this above 

 tornus a V-shaped greenish-silvery-metallic mark (pointing towards base) 

 filled with blackish : cilia light shining violet-bronzy. Hindwings dark grey, 

 paler towards middle of disc; cilia pale grey, with dark grey basal line. 



Java, Tegal Simpar, 3000 feet (Lucassen); one specimen. Near adj'ec- 

 tella, but quite distinct. 



Simaethis tigroides n. sp. 



cf Ç 14 — 16 mm. Head ochreous-orange. Palpi with four whorls of 

 deep fulvous scales tipped with ochreous-whitish. Antennal ciliations 

 cf 2 ! / 2 . Thorax ochreous-orange with two dark fuscous bars. Abdomen 

 brownish-ochreous, apex dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique; 

 ochreous-orange; markings blackish; a slender irregular transverse line 

 very near base, another near beyond this, a thicker straight line at l / à1 

 followed by a hardly perceptible whitish tinge, and a less well-marked 

 line before middle; an ill-defined or partially interrupted postmedian 

 fascia, narrowed to a streak towards dorsum, posterior edge with slight 

 angular projection in middle, followed on costa by a whitish dot and 

 sometimes by faint whitish tinge elsewhere ; beyond this a fine irregular 

 line, forming an acute angle above middle containing a small spot of 

 black suffusion, somewhat incurved towards costa and towards dorsum; 

 a subterminal ill-defined streak, interrupted opposite angle of preceding: 

 cilia orange- whitish, with dark grey patches at apex, middle of termen, 



