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lunule defined by dark brown, with an oblique brown bar 
to it from costa ; an indistinct waved brown postmedial line, 
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a conical chocolate-brown 
patch from postmedial part of costa to vein 6, slightly defined 
on outer side by whitish and with slight rather dentate whitish 
line with some dark scales on it from it to inner margin ; 
a terminal series of slight dark points and a fine whitish line 
at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey ; 
traces of a brown medial line and of a postmedial line excurved 
to vein 4 ; a faint whitish subterminal line, excurved to 
vein 2, then with black-brown bar on its inner side and ending 
on termen at vein 1 ; a slight waved brown terminal line 
and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Underside brown tinged 
with whitish ; both wings with whitish discoidal lunule and 
brown postmedial line. 
Browner. 
Hub. Madras, Belgaum (Watson), l $ ; Singapore {Ridley), 
1 $ ; Bali {Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim. 
Mecodina striata, n. sp. 
§. Head and tegula 1 rufous, the antennae grey-brown ; 
thorax and abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey ; palpi, 
pectus and legs dark red-brown, the extremity of 2nd joint 
of palpi and the 3rd joint yellow, the spurs and tarsi ringed 
with whitish. Fore wing purplish grey mixed with red- 
brown and prominently striated with dark brown, the post- 
medial area and the terminal area below vein 5 suffused with 
bright red-brown, the veins beyond the cell with slight pale 
streaks ; black-brown subbasal and antemedial spots on 
costa, the latter with rather ill-defined line from it to inner 
margin ; a black point in middle of cell and curved whitish 
discoidal striga defined by black, a dark bar above it from 
costa and traces of a line from it to inner margin ; traces of 
a brown postmedial line towards costa ; a black-brown 
subterminal line from costa to vein 5, expanding on outer 
side below vein 7, and a slight line from vein 2 to inner 
margin ; a faint lunulate brown terminal line. Hind wing 
reddish brown tinged with grey and slightly striated with 
darker brown except towards base ; a sinuous dark brown 
subterminal bar between veins 3 and 1 . Underside uniform 
grey tinged with red -brown. 
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp. 
50 millim. 
Mecodina chionopasta, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with 
whitish ; palpi, pectus and legs red-brown, the spurs and 
tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown 
