NOVITATES ZoOLOeiCAE XXI. 1914. 409 



subterminal line ; the lines white at costa, becoming 'dark brown below middle ; 

 inner line obliqne to median vein, then inbent and sinuons ; reniform stigma large, 

 obliqne, finely edged with white ; a short obliqne striga from costa above it, 

 produced below it as a brown median shade oblique to inner margin ; outer lias 

 obscure at costa, marked with white below ; subterminal line oblique and white to 

 vein 6, limiting the red patch, then obsolete, appearing again below middle as a 

 double line; fringe black with a white line through it. 



Ilindwing : white, with broad reddish fuscons terminal border, preceded by a 

 black dash on vein 2 and indented on snbmedian fold ; terminal black Innnles 

 defined by white ; fringe white with black basal line. 



Underside reddish brown dusted with grey, the outer lines white ; the hind- 

 wing with inner margin white to outer line, with a large red-brown cell-spot. 



Palpi deep red-brown with extreme tip white ; face, frontal tnft, and thorax 

 ferruginous, brighter in ? ; abdomen red-brown ; venter and legs dark brown, the 

 tarsal joints white ; pectus and femora white, the spurs tipped with white ; antennal 

 tnft yellow ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : <? 28 mm. ; ¥ 30 mm. 



1 c?, 1 ? (type) from Fergusson Island, November 1894, and 1 ? from Upper 

 Setekwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, September 1910 (A. S. Meek). 

 This last example has less red, and the white markings more strongly developed. 



21. Eleale costibrunnea spec. nov. 



Differs ixora porphyrina in being much duller and paler ; only the costal area 

 of forewing and the basal patch are ferruginous brown, the rest of the wing being 

 dull grey-brown, showing the dark lines more plainly ; the underside of both wings 

 dull reddish, white towards inner margin ; the head and thorax are more fiery 

 ferruginous. 



1 c? (worn) from Milne Bay, British New Guinea, January 1899, and 1 ? (type) 

 from near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, October to 

 December 1910 (A. S. Meek). 



Genus Aplotelia gen. nov. 



Differs from Eutelia in being of stouter build, especially the abdomen, which 

 ends squarely, with a slight projection in middle, the lateral anal tufts inconspicuous ; 

 tuft of basal segment of antennae large ; thorax clothed with scales, the metathoras 

 crested ; antennae of 3 bipectinate to two-thirds ; basal segment of dorsum with 

 a ridge of scales, and slight tufts on anal segments ; neuration normal. Type 

 Aplotelia tripartita Snell. 



22. Aplotelia nubilosa spec. nov. 



Forewing : grey with a slight brownish or coppery tinge in places ; a large 

 blackish blotch on inner margin near base narrowing to a black costal spot, and 

 limited by the black inner line ; outer line pale, edged with dark, angled bluntly 

 outwards on vein 7 and projecting between veins 4 and 3, then running in along 

 3 and vertical to inner margin ; the area within it suffused with pale coppery 

 brown ; orbicular and reniform stigmata with black outlines, small ; the outer line 

 below middle is followed by another line and patches of black-brown suffusion above 

 and below middle ; subterminal line pale, preceded liy brown shading, .and followed 



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