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fulvous ; the trausverse fulviius bauds, promiueut in cruhre.tccns, all but obsolete ; 

 a bed of bliick and yellow scales at l)ase of cell aud fine black scales along base of 

 veins 6, 7, 8. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen as in rrubrescens. 



Expanse of wings : 30 — 30 ram. 



1 ? from Etna I5a_v, New Guinea, August ISOd (Webster) type ; 1 ? from Ubi 

 Major (Waterstradt). 



On. Siculodes intermedia ^>^•i■. nov. 



Intemiediiitc in size between 6'. sterna Fcld. and .V jianUula Pag., for, while 

 the latter reaches 25 mm. only, and sterna expands from 34 mm. to 4ii mm., 

 the present species measures 30 — 32 mm. The three species can be well sejiaratcd 

 by a comparison of the nudersides of the forewing. Thus in sterna the central 

 area, which on the upper surface is pearl-grey, becomes yellowish beneath, and 

 the veins are yellow, changing to reddish only just before margin ; in jiuidlula 

 vein 7 is strongly and brilliantly red with a bed of lustrous leaden-grey scales 

 on each side of it, the other veins being faintly pink ; in intermedia all the 

 veins are uniformly pink throughout ; secondly, the two patches in submedian 

 interval and that before outer margin are diffusely fulvous in intermedia, in 

 sterna the fulvous tints are hardly visible, while in paidlula they are concise 

 and deep chestnut-brown. 



3 J(? from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, S.E. Pern, January to May 1002 

 (Ockenden). 



66. Siculodes nigralbata spec. nov. 



Fordoing : chalk-white, with numerous grey spots between the veins and black 

 streaks along the margins ; a black spot at base of costa and four black streaks from 

 costa to median vein, the first pair outwardly, the second inwardly oblique, the 

 fourth running on the discocellular ; the grey spots alternate with black ; before 

 outer margin the two outermost rows of black spots coalesce laterally into blotches ; 

 dull black blotches on margin at the vein-ends, with white black-dotted spots 

 between them ; fringe worn, apparently mottled black and white. 



llindwing : with the black sjiots and streaks amplified, those along outer 

 margin forming a kind of festoon, with the margin itself cloudy black. 



Underside like upper ; the base of forewing with shining silvery scales ; basal 

 half of cell and the subcostal and adjoining veins tinged with yellow. 



Head, shoulders, and basal half of patagia blackish grey, mixed with white 

 scales ; thorax, apical half of jiatagia, and basal half of dorsum white, the last 

 with two black spots at base and a broad black belt at one-fourth ; anal half of 

 dorsum black with narrow white segmental rings ; abdomen beneath and legs white ; 

 tarsi black, white at the joints. 

 Exjianse of wings : 24 mm. 



1 S from Kumusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, low elevation, Augnst — 

 September 1<J07 (A. S. Meek). 



67. Siculodes roseobrunnea spec. nov. 



Forewing : white with an iride.'^ceut violet sheen, crossed by scries of oblique 

 rosy and brown lines, the colours varying according to the incidence of light ; 



