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1. Forewings of $ with a cavity below at base. Smaller than the other 
species. 
M. saturata Wkr. (= olivacea Hmps.) (42 f). Forewings bluish green with silvery white sheen. Ante- sciiurata. 
median line delicate, white, angulated inwards in centre, excurved above and below. Postmedian line fine, 
vertical, undulate, excurved below costa, in centre and at inner margin, terminating near anal angle. In median 
area only the centre is narrowly suffused with white. Hindwings dark brown, margin yellow-red. In $ forewing 
is inclined to olive-green. 20—26 mm. Ceylon. 
2. Forewings of ^ normal. 
M. iconica Wkr. (42 f). Forewings pale brown, lines dark brown, undulate. Two diffuse oblique inner iconica. 
lines. A fine spot at disco-cellular and 2 undulate outer lines. Submarginal line with black spot on costa. 
Hindwings transparent brownish white. 30—40 mm. India and Burma, Ceylon to New Guinea. — instabilis instabilis. 
Btlr. According to Swinhoe this is not a synonym, but the denomination is justified; there is a bold black 
lunule at disco-cellular; genitalia also vary somewhat. From Assam. — cervina Wkr. Swinhoe maintains that cervina. 
also this is not a synonym, on account of variation in genitalia. Forewings grey-brown, without reddish dusting. 
bifascia n. /. (42 f) has a heavy lunule at disco-cellular. Both double transverse lines have dark interfilling, bifascia. 
— rufescentibrunnea Strd. has dark reddish brown fore wings, hindwings black-brown. — iconicoides Strd. is rufescenti- 
similar. Forewings blackish at inner margin from the outer antemedian line to beyond the postmedian line. f 
All forms from India. 
M. pallidipennis Wcirr. Forewings ochreous brown with reddish hue. The lines grey, similar to those pallidipen- 
of cervina. Hindwings pale yellowish, transparent, also like cervina. A dark lunule occasionally at disco- 
cellular. Sikkim, Burma. 
M. undaira Swh. Forewings lilac-brown with 2 inner lines. Reniform stigma large, round, whitish undaira. 
with brown circumscription, interrupting median line. All 3 lines vertical, undulate. Postmedian line is also 
double, undulate, from behind centre of costa to inner margin, close to anal angle. All lines and black sub¬ 
marginal row of dots are indistinct. Hindwings blackish brown, paler at inner margin. 30—38 mm. New Guinea. 
M. tunicata Swh. Forewings pale red-brown and ochreous brown, varyingly dark. Markings indistinct, tunicata. 
but similar to undaira. Hindwings blackish rather fainter at inner margin. <$ 30 mm. Queensland. 
M. fortis Swh. Forewings dark red-brown, with an arched dark brown spot below centre of costa. Within fortis. 
this at top and bottom two red spots and in centre a white spot with brown edge and 2 grey spots in outer 
part. The lines are rather darker than the ground colour, 2 oblique undulate antemedian and 2 similar post¬ 
median lines. A submarginal line consisting of a row of black dots. Hindwings pale brown, grey at costa. 
40 mm. One $ from New Guinea. 
M. gilva Swh. Similar to a small fortis, but the yellow patch and also the postmedian lines on fore- gilva. 
wings differ. Forewings dark red-brown. About centre of costa a quadrate orange-yellow spot, intersected 
by a brown line, with diffuse dark brown edge, in which outwardly below there are still 2 small yellow spots. 
Transverse lines dark brown, the inner one double, very undulate, terminating beyond centre of inner margin, 
at costa it touches the inner side of the yellow spot. Postmedian line also double, from beyond centre of 
costa to inner margin close to anal angle. Apex and outer margin narrowly brown. Hindwings grey, darker 
at margin, costa whitish. 30 mm. One $ from Cape York, Australia. 
M. dalama Swh. In this and the subsequent species, hindwings are white. Forewings uniformly rosy dalama. 
red, the lines slightly darker. Antemedian line somewhat undulate, vertical. A fine lunule at disco-cellular 
with a spot above and an undulate line below preceding inwards. Outer line boldly incurved and excurved. 
Outwardly black submarginal spots. Hindwings white. 28 mm. One $ from Queensland. 
M. iocephala Trnr. (43 c). Forewings reddish brown, grey at margin beyond the row of black sub- iocephala. 
marginal dots. Antemedian line dark, undulate, oblique. A dark streak at disco-cellular. Postmedian line 
double, widely excurved between costa and submedian fold, then outwardly to inner margin. Hindwings white 
and transparent, brownish at margins. 22—24 mm. From Queensland. 
M. orthoscia Warr. Forewings grey with dark dusting. Antemedian and postmedian lines heavy, straight, orthoscia. 
somewhat oblique and parallel, therefore very different to the other species. Both lines with a subsidiary fine 
line on averted sides. Cell spot black, touching the outer line. Submarginal line consists of black dots. Hind¬ 
wings silky white, narrowly blackish at margin. New Guinea. 
29. Genus: Momophlebfa Warr. 
Palpi porrect, the 2nd segment densely scaled, the 3rd segment projects, acutely pointed. Antennae 
of S with short cilia. Forewings elongate, apex pointed. Outer margin vertical, inwards below vein 3. Hind¬ 
wings with a rather acute apex. Neuration similar to Camptozada. Type: bilinea Swh. 
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