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Subfamily FOCILLINAE. 



250. Mecodina novoguineana spec. nov. 



S. Head and thorax dark brownish gre)', tlie latter finely irrorated with brown ; 

 alidonipn rather ])alcr. Primarj- brnwnisli, finely irrorated with whitish grey; 

 a small dark brown eostal basal iiatch ; a jiale inwardly dentate anteniedial line 

 edged externally with a broad brown band ; a very broad irregular clouded brown 

 band at the end of the median area, edged externally by a pale serrate line ; a white 

 s])ot beyond this line in the tVild ; a snbterininal cloudy dark inwardly serrate line 

 edged internally with yellowish ; ternien (inely brown ; fringes brown intersected 

 with yellowish. Secondary brownish, with a deep velvety black ottellus (above the 

 tornus) having a small white pnpil, and being encircled externally with yelluwisli, 

 the encircling being doubled internally. 



Exjjanse : 46 mm. 



I/d/i. The type is in my colleetiun from the Aroa Klver; other sjiecimens are 

 in the Tring Museum. 



2.51. Seneratia albopunctata spec. nov. 



c?. Head and collar fuscous, tiiorax jiur|ilish brown ; abdomen greyish brown. 

 Both wings chocolate-brown. Primary with indistinct basal and snbbasal curved 

 waved lines ; a medial broad obliipie dark band diffused on its outer edge ; a sinuate 

 crennlate postmedial line ; a siunate subterminal row of white dots ; termen with 

 a very fine crennlate line. Secondary with all the markings of the primary carried 

 through except the basal and snbbasal lines. 



? . Like the male, but with the pattern less defined. 



Expanse : cJ 40 mm., ? 48 mm. 



l/d//. The type is in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River, where it was taken 

 in February. 



252. Zethes lilacea spec. nov. 



?. Head, collar, and thorax pale fawn-brown, head and collar the palest ; 

 abdomen fawn-brown. Both wings lilac-brown up to the oblique postmedial 

 line, beyond which the colour is pale pinkish lilac, being slightly darker near the 

 termen ; nearly touching the jiostmedial line is a series of dark dots with a 

 jiale grey spot on the costa in the primary only ; reniform darkish. Secondary 

 like the primary. 



Expanse : 30 mm. 



I/td. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken 

 in .Inly. 



253. Zethes fuscomarg'iuata spec nov. 

 ?. Ileud, thorax, and abdomen cinnamon-brown. Primary pale cinnamon- 

 brown uj) to the postnieilial line, and narrower along the outer ])art of the costa to 

 the apex, beyond this line dark sepia-brown ; a trace of a fine basal line ; 

 autemedial line fine, waved, and curved ; reniform pale, with a fine oblique dash 

 from it to the costa; postmedial line oblique, highly angulated just below the costa ; 

 a trace of a pale submarginal irregular lino, with a dilFused small pale patch between 

 veins 4 and 5. Secondary cinnamon-brown, finely darkly irrorated to the end of 

 tlie cell ; postmedial line fine, just beyond which is an irregidar deep sepia-brown 



