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Tamba flaviolata, n. sp. 
g, Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous,, 
the prothorax suffused with brown ; abdomen ochreous 
white slightly tinged with rufous ; palpi tinged with rufous 
and with brownish ring near extremity of 2nd joint. Fore 
wing ochreous white tinged with red-brown and iri orated 
with darker brown ; a rather diffused dark brown streak on 
median nervure and vein 4 from base to termen with streaks 
above and below it on veins 5 and 3 to the subterminal line ; 
a brown subbasal line from costa to median nervure, excurved 
below costa ; antemedial line dark brown, curved and slightly 
sinuous ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform a narrow 
lunule, defined on inner side by black-brown and slightly 
on outer side by brown ; two indistinct rather diffused 
sinuous red-brown medial lines ; postmedial line dark biown, 
oblique to below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, some whitish 
points with brown between them beyond it on costa , sub- 
terminal line black-brown, waved, incurved at discal fold ; 
a series of black points before termen. Hind wing ochreous 
white with a slight rufous tinge and slightly irrorated with 
brown ; two dark discoidal points ; postmedial line chocolate- 
brown, oblique ; an irregularly lunulate chocolate-brown 
subterminal line, obsolete towards costa ; a series of blackish 
points before termen and a slight brown terminal line. 
Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area slightly 
tinged with brown, brown points in middle of cell and on 
discocellulars, a faint curved slightly waved red-brown post- 
medial line, an indistinct waved dark subterminal line ex- 
curved at middle and with faint diffused red-brown line 
before it ; both wings with series of dark points before termen. 
Hat). Solomon Is., Guadalcanal- I. (Meet'), 1 £ fyp e - 
Exp. 36 millim. 
Tamba tliermeola, u. sp. 
$. Head and thorax white mixed with rufous ; abdomen 
white slightly tinged with rufous ; palpi with the 3rd joint 
white except at tips. Fore wing whitish, the costal half of 
basal area, the outer half of medial area obliquely and the 
area beyond the postmedial line from costa to vein 4 suffused 
with rufous, the rest of terminal area tinged with rufous ; 
antemedial line whitish faintly defined on each side by red- 
brown, slightly excurved below the costa and cell ; a black 
point in middle of cell ; the reniform represented by black 
striae on its inner and outer sides ; two faint diffused waxed 
rufous medial lines, the outer excurved beyond the cell ; 
postmedial line indistinct, red-brow n slightly defined on outer 
side by whitish, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; 
