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Paralephana poliotis, n. sp. 
<$■ Head and thorax glossy white, the branches of antennae 
brownish ; palpi, pectus and legs suffused with red-brown ; 
abdomen yellowish white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing 
whitish irrorated with red and a few blackish scales, the 
terminal half of costal area suffused with silvery white ; a 
small brownish spot at middle of costa ; a black discoidal 
spot ; postmedial line rather diffused, red-brown towards 
costa, then red and less distinct, obliquely incurved to vein 6, 
then excurved ; a terminal series of small black spots ; cilia 
tinged with red-brown, whitish at tips. Hind wing whitish 
tinged with yellow ; a terminal series of slight brownish 
points. Underside of fore wing suffused with greyish brown, 
the disc with fulvous red, the costal edge red, the terminal 
area greyish, the inner area whitish ; hind wing yellowish 
white tinged with red -brown and irrorated with dark brown 
except on inner area, a small black discoidal spot and terminal 
series of black points. 
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 $ type. Exp. 
32 minim. 
Paralephana purpurascens, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax deep rufous ; palpi, pectus and legs 
fiery red, the tarsi brownish ; abdomen yellowish white 
tinged with red, the ventral surface fierjr red. Fore wing 
violaceous whitish suffused and irrorated with bright red- 
brown, the costal edge fiery red ; a diffused sinuous rather 
inwardly oblique red-brown antemedial line ; a slight brown 
discoidal lunule ; postmedial line diffused, red-brown, oblique 
towards costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and oblique 
below vein 4 ; a series of black points on apical part of costa 
and on termen. Hind wing yellow, the terminal half suffused 
with fiery red except towards inner margin. Underside of 
fore wing fiery red, the inner area whitish ; hind wing yellowish 
white, the costal area and termen except at tornus suffused 
with fiery red, the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish 
discoidal point and terminal series of points. 
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 9 type. Exp. 
30 m illirn .. 
Paralephana argyrestkia, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen whitish tinged 
with rufous ; frons, palpi, legs and ventral surface of abdomen 
deeper rufous, the 3rd joint of palpi black, the tarsi dark 
brown. Fore wing pale rufous glossed with silver and irrorated 
with a few dark brown scales, the costal edge bright rufous ; 
the first line almost medial, red-brown, oblique to subcostal 
nervure, then sinuous ; a round violaceous white discoidal 
