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streak except at base, its apex more or less extended by narrower 
whitish suffusion towards tornus ; from end of cell a rather broad 
sinuate whitish streak becoming furcate and running to each side 
of apical projection, partially tinged violet and blue iridescence, 
area between this and costa variably streaked with similar irides¬ 
cence, lower fork edged on each side with dark brown lines ; dorsum 
and termen irregularly suffused purplish-brown ; a very fine black 
terminal line, lower edge of apical projection within this white : 
cilia brownish-ochreous. Hindwings 3 and 4 coincident; grey, 
darker towards apex and termen ; cilia light grey, a darker sub- 
basal shade. 
New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, November to March 
(Eichhorn) ; 6 ex. The purple and blue iridescence is elusive, but 
brilliant in a good light. 
Encosma dianthes, n. sp. 
c? 2 • 10-11 mm. Head blackish-grey, crown whity-brownish 
except on sides, face whitish. Palpi grey-whitish, base and apex 
of second joint iridescent dark blue-grey. Thorax pale brownish, 
anteriorly suffused blackish-grey. Forewings elongate, narrowed 
towards base, costa gently arched, without fold, termen sinuate, 
somewhat oblique; 3 and 4 closely approximated almost through¬ 
out, 7 and 8 approximated at base, in one example very shortly 
stalked ; ochreous-brown, towards base and dorsum paler and more 
or less strigulated with blackish-grey irroration; costal edge on 
anterior half shortly strigulated blackish, on posterior half blackish 
with four pairs of oblique whitish strigulse, last direct, first two 
emitting very oblique leaden strigse, fourth a short rather inwards- 
oblique mark meeting second of these; a small triangular blackish 
praetornal spot; ocellus edged by two erect narrow leaden-metallic 
streaks, including some scattered blackish scales beneath, and two 
or three blackish dots near posterior edge : cilia ochreous-grey- 
whitish, a leaden-metallic subbasal line. Hindwings 3 and 4 
stalked ; grey ; cilia whitish-grey, a darker subbasal shade. 
Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, September ( Fletcher ); 3 ex. 
Encosma metamorphica, n. sp. 
<4 2 • 20—25 mm. Head dark fuscous, sometimes a white spot 
in middle of crown. Palpi dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, an 
indistinct median bar, posterior extremity, and apical half of 
tegulae white. Forewings rather dilated, costa J with strong fold 
reaching to near middle, termen slightly rounded, somewhat 
oblique ; dark fuscous, a few scattered white scales, light reddish- 
brown blotches on costa before and beyond middle more or less 
expressed, sometimes some irregular light marbling in disc, in two 
specimens whole apical | of wing brownish or light ochreous ; 
variable irregular-triangular white blotches on dorsum about ^ and 
beyoud middle, whole dorsal edge sometimes mottled white ; several 
white dots on posterior part of costa; an irregular interrupted 
terminal series of subeonfluent white dots more or less developed ; 
