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10. A complete inwardly oblique dark brown median fascia 11 
No transverse fascia ^ 
11 Transverse fascia moderately broad, gradually dilated below, sometimes 
suffused and connected by a branch with apex . . dendrosema spec. nov. 
Transverse fascia narrow, neither branched, nor dilated below .... 12 
12 . An oblique moderate mark on dorsum before tomus, no dot in disc before 
gracilis spec. nov. 
This mark reduced to a minute transverse line; a small dot in disc before 
pollostes spec. nov. 
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13. A black transverse, either oblique or vertical mark: before or in apex or before 
termen below apex ^ 
No such mark 
14. Preapical mark angulate, vertical euge.net spec. nov. 
Preapical or subapical mark inwardly oblique or longitudinal 15 
15. Upper half of wing suffused with dark grey, which colour obscures discal and 
dorsal black markings and connects them with costa conglomerate spec. nov. 
Upper half of wing slightly irrorated with grey in middle, black dorsal and 
discal markings well-defined dirupta spec. nov. 
16. Dorsum with a whitish-orange streak from base to apex, strongly serrate 
and edged with black above serrula spec. nov. 
Dorsum without such streak ' ' ' 17 
17 Suffused with ochroous (male) or with light brown (female), without dark 
' markings / ■ *ylogena spec. nov. 
Not thus suffused, discal and/or dorsal markings distinct - • 18 
18. A moderate, wedge-shaped, inwardly oblique, dark- brown mark with point 
on 1 / 3 of dorsum, and an ill-defined dark brown dot above dorsum before tornus 
platysphena spec, nov 
Markings not thus ♦ ' 
19. A longitudinal discal streak or spot, preceded and followed by an inwardly 
oblique transverse mark 
That streak suffused, in male indefinite, followed by a round dot, sometimes 
preceded by another smaller dot corticina spec. nov. 
20. Discal streak rather slender, well-defined textrix spec. nov. 
Discal streak thickened, diffuse above, connected with costa by fuscous 
suffusion . (a new species from Papua, to be described) 
Hermenias niphobola spec. nov. (fig. 334) 
vifpofiokoQ — covered with snow 
r t ii mm . Head and thorax dark bronze-fuscous spotted with white. 
Antenna with scape elongate, blackish-fuscous, with a white basal ring, 
flagellum blackish -fuscous to notch, grey ringed with dark fuscous beyond 
this, notch with a white dot above. Palpus blackish-fuscous. Abdomen 
greyish -fuscous, paler towards base. Legs blackish-fuscous, white ringed. 
Fore wing elongate, costa moderately curved, apex obtuse, termen 
straight, oblique. Dark bronze-fuscous, irregularly spotted with white. 
Costa with a row of moderate transverse marks, two last marks quadrate; 
larger irregular spots: below costa at \/ 2 and at 4 / s , interconnected by 
numerous small subcostal dots reaching almost to base, a row of spots 
just above fold: two small subbasal spots, an erect transverse spot before 
i/ 4) two small spots above one another beyond this, a larger irregularly - 
elongate spot in middle, a still larger, oblique, S-shaped spot at 2 / 3 , and 
