NOVITATES ZoOLpGICAE XXI. 19U. 253 



SOME NEW FORMS OF ZYGAENIDAE FROM THE PAPUAN 

 SUBREGION COLLECTED BY A. S. MEEK. 



By Dk, K. JORDAN. 



1. Caprima albifrons lepida uov. subsp. 



(?. A C. alhifronte vera differt macula aurantio-riifii alarum auticarum parva. 



Hah. Rook Isl., July 1913; 1 $. 



The outer edge of the yellow proximal area of the forewing is straighter than 

 in the specimens of C. a. albifrons, from New Hanover, the black colouring not 

 extending so much basad at the costal margin as in that form. The orange-red 

 discal spot is round and has a diameter of a little over one millimeter. The 

 abdominal margin is less extended black than in C. a. albifrons Roths. (1897). 



2. Caprima gelida concinna nov. subsp. 



S. Alls jjosticis supra ab.S(jue macula rufa, margine nigro postice valdo 

 angustata. 



Hah. (ioodenough Isl., 2.500— 40UO ft., May 1913; 1 ?. 



The rufous red submarginal area of the forewing, above, is broader than in 

 C g. gelida Walk. (1864) ; the white patch also is larger centrallj-, but narrower at 

 the hindmargin of the wing, where it is shaded over with black. The white patch 

 of the hindwing is separated from the abdominal margin, which is bordered with 

 black, but extends much nearer to the outer margin in front of the anal angle than 

 in C. g. gelida, the black border being about one millimeter broad from M" along 

 the anal angle to the base; the rufous red submarginal patch is absent on the 

 npperside of the hindwing, but present beneath. 



3. Caprima aurantiaca lauta nov. subsp. 



? . C. auranticae verae similis, multo major, fascia nigra mediana alarum 

 auticarum angusta. 



Long. al. ant. 16 mm. 



Hah. Goodenongh Isl., 2.500—4000 ft., May 1913; 1 ?. 



The colouring of the wings a deeper orange-red than in G. a. aurantiaca Roths. 

 (1899), the hindwing having nearly the same tint as the subapical band of the 

 forewing. The black band which separates, on the forewing, the subapical band 

 from the proximal orange area narrows posteriorly, where it is shaded with orange ; 

 the subapical band is clearly marked down to the second hindmarginal vein, here 

 almost touching the proximal area. The base of the hindwing above and of both 

 wings beneath is more extended black than in C. a. aurantiaca, from Sud-Est Isl. 

 On the underside the orange area of both wings is nearly as deep orange-red as the 

 subapical band of the forewing, which is slightly paler beneath than above. 



4. Caprima plagiata satisbona nov. subsp. 



(?. Macula alba alarum posticarum extns rotundata, subtus basin non attingente. 



Hah. Goodenongh Isl., 2.500—4000 ft., April 1913 ; 2 c?(?. 



The white patch of the forewing nearly reaches to the base of the lower median 



