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METALLOCHLORA. By L. B. Pbout. 
Section. B. Hin' 7 wing with a hyaline patch at base, forewing with 2nd subcostal arising beyond 5th (Chrysomphe Warr). 
venusta. M. venusta Warr. (= pudica Pagenst.) (13 h). Also extremely distinct, grey-green 'with pale proximal 
patches, that of the forewing large, that of the hindwing small but more specialised. Described from N. Queens¬ 
land, distributed in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, also known from Ceram. 
Section C. Hindwing with tail short or obsolete, base not hyaline (Metallochlora Warr.). 
rubripunc- M. rubripuncta Warr. Similar to venusta (13 h) and with the same venation, but larger, unicolorous 
fa ■ lightgreen, with small blackish cell-dots, a few additional red dots marking the beginning of the lines, a rather 
large red apical spot on hindwing beneath. Solomons: Ysabel (type), Bougainville and Florida. 
Uneata. M. lineata Warr. (13h). This species indicates another sub-group, with the subcostal venation of 
venusta and rubripuncta , the silvery outer line of the species which follow and a distinctive hindwing shape, 
the termen being slightly bent at R 1 as well as at R 3 . Trobriand Islands (loc. typ.), New Guinea, Mysol, Key 
and Rook Island. Variable, especially in the length and strength of the arcuate silvery band behind the cell 
tetralopha. of the forewing and the development of a dark submarginal band on the underside. — tetralopha Lower (13 h) 
has the silvery markings, excepting the subterminal, weak, the dark band of the underside only developed 
at tornus of forewing (but here showing above also) and apex of hindwing. North Queensland. — Perhaps 
some other geographical races will prove distinguishable. 
exorista. M. exorista Prout. Very near meeki ; antennal teeth shorter; forewing with costal margin more arched 
clistally, more broadly and brightly red, a minute black cell-dot present, some minute black dashes on 5th 
subcostal and 1st radial; hindwing with tail longer, submarginal silvery line more acutely bent; underside 
without discal band or apical spot. Upper Aroa River. 
M. meeki approaches decorata in shape, though less extreme. Characteristic is the silvery band near 
tcnuilinea. to, and parallel with, the distal margin. There are two recognized races. — tenuilinea Warr., from Dutch New 
meeki. Guinea and reaching Milne Bay, has the outer band of the forewing on the underside grey. — meeki Warr. 
from the D’Entrecasteaux, has the same band greenish, scarcely differentiated from the pale greenish ground¬ 
colour. Both races have a dark apical spot on the hindwing beneath. 
aurigera. M. aurigera Pagenst. (13 h) is a lovely species, the metallic markings more yellow than the preceding 
and including on the forewing a curved and very oblicpre central line and an outer subcostal streak. Bismarck 
Archipelago, the type from New Britain. 
proximata. M. proximata Warr. (13 h). Ground-colour as in aurigera, the lines not metallic, cprite differently shaped. 
circum- Tulagi Island, off Ysabel, Solomons, 1 $ and 7 $$ at present known. — ab. circumscripta Warr., the only ex- 
scnpta. am pi e y e t known from Ysabel, is a weakly marked <§, the subterminal green line chiefly indicated by the pale 
line beyond it. 
roseifim- M. roseifimbria Prout. is rather deeper green, the hindwing more angled, both cell-dots surrounded 
bria. w ith red, the green lines faint, more proximally placed than in proximata, the fringes rosy, with whitish tips. 
Vella Lavella. 
sanguini- M. sanguinipuncta Warr. is close to militaris (13 h) but has the abdominal crests reduced and not me- 
puncta. tallic, the cell-dots larger and redder (as in roseifimbria), the minute blackish terminal dots of militaris replaced 
by more reddish dashes which are separated by about their own length from the termen. Key Islands, only 
2 examples known, both $. 
militaris. M. militaris T. P. Luc. (= dotata Warr.) (13 h). Ground-colour as in proximata, the green bands, when 
developed, more olive-tinged, more sinuous and interrupted or macular; some blackish dots discernible at the 
outer edge of the postmedian band, the one at the 1st radial strong; a blackish dot at apex of forewing beneath 
flavifim- always developed (as also in roseifimbria), reduced or obsolete above. — ab. flavifimbria Warr. is more weakly 
bria - marked and has the abdominal crests also sometimes paler. Both these forms, with intermediates, inhabit 
roseipuncta. Queensland. — roseipuncta subsp. nov. is closely similar, but has the postmedian dot at the 1st radial red, 
not blackish, the dots behind it obsolete, the transverse olive-green shades wanting or vestigial. Louisiades: 
satisfacta. Sudest and Rossel the type q from Sudest in the Tring Museum. — satisfacta Prout, from Goodenough Is¬ 
land and British New Guinea, is a further development of roseipuncta, with the red cell-dots and that on the 
apicalis. 1st radial of the forewing enlarged. —- apicalis Prout has the terminal dashes more elongate than in militaris, 
the one at the apex extended into a conspicuous, proximally red-mixed spot; apical spot beneath also en¬ 
larged. Ceram. 
differens. M. differeris Warr. Possibly another race of militaris (13 h), but the apex appears scarcely so sharp, 
the angle of the hindwing weaker, intermediate towards the shape of neomela. The red cell-dots minute, the 
other markings obsolete; fringes paler than in militaris. Tenimber. 
a met alia. M. ametalla Turn, is close to militaris (13 h) but with the antennal ciliation of the only half as long, 
the abdomen without crests, merely with an incomplete white line. Wings with the principal dots quite as 
