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shading ; a grey dotted snbterminal line. Secondary creamy white, pinkish at the 

 tornus, termen with a row of fine dark points in front. 



?. Like the male, but paler, and with a pale reddish spot at the end of the 

 cell. 



Expanse : cJ 33 mm., ? 30 mm. 



Ilab. Dinawa, September ; Aroa River, February to April. 



Type in my collection, and other examples in the Tring Museum. 



278. Axiocteta concolora spec. nov. 



cJ. Palpi reddish brown, head and thorax jiiiikish ochreous, abdomen creamy 

 white. Primary pale ochreous cinnamon-brown, with antemedial, medial, postmedial, 

 and subterminal wavy grey, more or less obscure lines ; reniform obscurely grey. 

 Secondary, creamy white for the basal half, ]iinkish for the terminal half. 



Expanse : 33 mm. 



Hah. Kebea Range and Aroa River, March and April. 



T3'pe in my collection, and other specimens in the Tring Museum. 



279. Axiocteta flava spec. nov. 



tj. Palpi darkish grey, head ochreous, tiiorax ochreous grey, abdomen creamy 

 whitish. Primary ochreous grey, with cell yellowish, in which the orbicular and 

 reniform are grey ; a trace of a grey medial line below the cell; an oblique grey 

 postmedial line; a trace of a serrated yellowish subterminal line; area below 

 vein 3 yellowish ; a subterminal series of fine dark points ; termeu finely dark. 

 Secondary creamy whitish, termen pinkish, especially just below the apex. 



Expanse : 36 mm. 



Hab. Aroa River, March. 



Type in my collection ; one specimen only obtained. 



280. Egnasia delicata spec. nov. 



c?, Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings pale lavender-grey. Primary 

 with a trace of a basal costal sjiot, a subbasal short dash from the costa, and a 

 broadish dark oblique dash from the inner margin ; two short oblique costal 

 dashes, viz. one at the middle and one beyond ; costa in front of apex dotted with 

 white ; a faint trace of a pale postmedial line ; all the dashes are of chestnut 

 brown ; a hyaline spot in the cell. Secondary with a large postmedial purple 

 blotch, extending into tlie tornus; termen strongly crennlate, pale chestnut with 

 white centre. 



?. Similar to the male, but the markings on the primary much more prominent, 

 and with a large blotch from the postmedial line to the termen. 



Exj)anse : S 3'.t mm., ? 4-1 mm. 



Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies from 

 January to March ; we have it from other localities also, and examples are in 

 the Tring Museum from the Aroa River. 



281. Egnasia chloroplaga spec. nov. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale dove-grey, collar tipped with dark sei)ia- 



brown. Both wings jiale grey tinged with lilac Primary with subbasal line 



waved, somewhat obliquely curved ; medial line double waved and irregular ; cell 



filled with pale green between these two lines with a black point ; a postmedial 



