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golden-metallic mark on dorsum beyond this ; an orange post¬ 
median band narrowed towards dorsum, limited by narrow entire 
violet-golden-metallic black-edged fasciae, first direct, second rather 
oblique ; a tear-shaped white or violet-golden mark on middle of 
termen : cilia dark fuscous, a white dash at apex and white spot 
on costal end of second fascia. Hindwings blackish; cilia dark 
fuscous. 
Assam, ^Shillong, 5000 feet, June ( Fletcher ); 2 ex. Nearest 
holophracta ; distinct by the golden-metallic subbasal lines. 
Cosmopteryx rhabdophanes, n. sp. 
S . 9 mm. Head shining metallic greenish-bronze. Palpi 
white lined black. Antennse blackish, a narrow white band at |. 
Abdomen dark grey, sides and ventral surface bright shining 
metallic bronze. Forewings apex long-caudate ; black ; a bright 
greenish-silverv-metallic streak beneath costa from base to and 
another from just beneath apex of this submedian to near middle ; 
a violet-golden spot in middle of disc, from which a bright greenish- 
silvery-metallic streak runs along termen to apex, violet-tinged 
posteriorly ; a greenish-golden-metallic streak along costa from 
beyond middle to | : cilia dark grey, a metallic bar at apex. 
Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 
TTgaxda, Kampala, January ( Hargreaves ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
A striking new form of the genus. 
LYONETIAim 
Opostega phseosoma, n. sp. 
c?. 10 mm. Head, thorax white. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
white ; semioval dark grey spots on costa beyond middle, and on 
dorsum anterior to this ; apex of wing suffused ochreous : cilia 
ochreous-whitish, on costa a dark fuscous subbasal line, and fuscous 
subapical line forming a hook round apex, at apex a black basal 
dot, beneath apex a short fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings 
rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
S. Bhodesia, Mazoe, January; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). Next 
clastozona. 
Opostega pelocrossa, n. sp. 
$. 7mm. Head, thorax white. Forewings white; a black 
apical speck : cilia white, round costa and apex light brownish- 
oehreous, on costa with basal and subbasal dark fuscous lines. 
Hindwings whitish ; cilia white. 
S. Rhodesia, Hazoe, January; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Leucoptera loxaula, n. sp. 
<y . 6 mm. Head, thorax white, crown tufted. Antennoe grey. 
Forewings shining white; two very oblique approximated fine 
dark grey lines from middle of costa nearly reaching a short 
