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streak at ] / 3 , forming a white dot on costa, margined anteriorly by an 

 irregular black fascia, thicker in çf, and posteriorly by a black irregular 

 line not reaching costa ; a black median fascia, obtusely angulated in middle, 

 constricted just below angle, marked above angle with a slightly curved rather 

 oblique metallic-blue mark ; beyond this an irregular black transverse line, 

 zigzag below middle, expanded on costa and preceded by a white dot ; an 

 irregular black bisinuate subterminal streak : cilia grey, with black basal 

 line. Hindwings dark fuscous; an ochreous-orange median streak from 

 base, terminating in a large roundish spot beyond middle; a rather thick 

 ochreous-orange streak along lower 3 / 5 of termen; in Ç an irregular patch 

 of ochreous-orange suffusion on dorsum towards tornus ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, with black basal line, towards apex and tornus greyish. 

 Java, Buitenzorg; two specimens. 



Simaethis pelar godes n. sp. 



9 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown slightly sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, bases of scale-whorls infuscated. Thorax 

 blackish-fuscous, anterior margin whitish-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 with grey-yellowish segmental rings. Forewings subtriangular, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, rather oblique; blackish-fuscous; a 

 straight yellow- whitish transverse line at 7 3 ; some scattered ochreous- 

 yellowish scales in disc between this and following line; an irregular 

 twice interrupted ochreous-yellowish line from a white dot on costa at 

 3 / 5 , excurved from near costa to below middle, thence straight to dorsum 

 at 2 / 3 ; an irregular spot of ochreous-yellowish suffusion beneath costa 

 beyond this, and an undefined terminal fascia of similar suffusion, broadest 

 towards apex: cilia grey with blackish basal line, and whitish patches 

 above and below middle of termen. Hindwings dark fuscous; an ochreous- 

 yellow median streak from base to 3 / 4 , rather expanded posteriorly; an 

 irregular ochreous-yellow streak along lower half of termen; cilia whitish 

 with dark fuscous basal line, above apex and below tornus greyish. 



Java, Smeroe, 2000 feet; one specimen. Nearest xanthogramma from 

 the Philippines, but that species has the markings broader, a yellow 

 discal mark adjacent to the second line, and no white patches in cilia of 

 forewings. 



Simaethis optica n. sp. 



cf 11 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, bases of 

 scale-whorls infuscated. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax blackish, anterior 

 margin ochreous-whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins mixed 

 with grey-yellowish. Forewings subtriangular, costa gently arched, apex 



