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NEW HETEEOCERA FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 



By G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER, P.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



EUPTEROTIUAE. 



1. Hypercydas turner! si)ec. no v. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep orange-red ; terminal segment of 

 abdomen slate-gre^' ; both wings red-brown, with a preponderance of red ; an 

 ochreous pear-shaped spot at the end of the cell ; a broad, slightly curved, 

 oblique postmedian band of darker red ; a subterminal deeply dentate ochreous 

 line, from whence to the termen the colour is darker and more solid, the rest 

 of the wing being somewhat thinly scaled, so as to give a slight appearance of 

 being diaphanous. Secondary exactly like the forewing, but without the cell-spot ; 

 the veins in both wings are somewhat ochreous. 



Expanse, 72 mm. 



Hah. Kebea Eange and Mafaln, 600() ft., July and August. 



Type in my collection. 



2. Hypercydas doricrana spec, no v. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright deep orange-red; both wings darkish 

 red-brown, with red preponderating. Primary with a broad oblique median baud 

 and very broad curved postmedian band of darker ground colour, the latter 

 having a scalloped outer edge, adjoining which is a series of broad spear-head 

 ochreous marks up to the termen ; a large round ochreous spot at the end of 

 the cell ; all the veins distinctly ochreous. Secondary like the primary, but 

 without the cell spot. 



Expanse, 72 mm. 



Hab. Aroa River, November. 



Type in my collection. 



Epicydas gen. nov. 



Legs densely hairy, tarsi covered with short hairs ; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen thickly covered with fine hair. Neuration : primary, with vein 4 from 

 the lower angle, veins 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 stalked ; secondary with 4 from the 

 lower angle, 5, 6, and 7 stalked. 



Type. Epicydas ovata B-B. 



3. Epicydas ovata spec. nov. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-red ; both wings pale, semitrans- 

 pareut, reddish. Trimary with a large ovate white spot at the end of the cell ; 

 a whitish scalloped subterminal strijie, the scallops extended into spear-head 

 points in the apical area. Secondary like the i)rimary, but without the cell spot. 



Expanse, .58 mm. 



HaM. Ekeikei, May ; Biagi (Mambare River), 



Type in my collection. 



