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3. Oreta patiens Warr. 



The ? of this species is evidently very variable iu coloration, though constant 

 in size and markings. The original ?, described in Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 62 (1906), 

 is dull greyish olive freckled with darker; of 4 ? ? lately received from Biagi, 

 not one agrees with the typical form ; two are ranch paler, yellowish olive, 

 with the Hues reddish brown, and the hindwing pinkish-tinged ; the third is 

 dull reddish, with a blackish, red-edged line and dark speckling towards apex, 

 the hindwing being deep red; the fourth alone is nearest the type in coloration, 

 being uniform dark olive-brown, with the lines hardly visible, the hindwing 

 brownish ochreous, greyer towards base. 



The 2 <?<? received with the ? ? scarcely differ from the type £. 



4. Oreta sulphurata spec. nov. ami ab. fasciata nov. and ab. obsoleta nov. 



5. Foreioing : pale yellow; the base of costa reddish ; two pale brown lines 

 from inner margin to vein 6 and the subcostal veiu, oblique outwards parallel 

 to outer margin, at one-half and three-fourths, the outer curving outwards above ; 

 outer margin purplish grey, widening downwards, edged by a brown submargiual 

 line, which on veins 2 and 3 forms a small black-brown pink-edged blotch, and 

 a smaller one on inner margin; fringe dark brown. 



Hindwing : with the two brown lines from one-fourth and one-half, not 

 reaching above cell; apex with a slight purplish grey tinge ; fringe brown above, 

 yellow below, middle. 



Underside without lines; base of costa bright red; the marginal border 

 dark brown edged inwardly with orange-red, very slight in hindwing. 



Face, pectus, and forelegs deep red ; vertex, thorax and abdomen yellow. 



In the second <^, ab. fasciata, the interval between the lines is rilled up 

 with pinkish brown, forming a central fascia stopping short at the cell in both 

 wings, and showing a pale cell-spot in forewing ; in the third, ab. obsoleta, 

 only the outer of the two Hues is visible, and the marginal blotch is obsolete 

 above middle of forewing, pinkish brown below, and at apex of hindwing ; the 

 black spots absent. 



?. Foreioing: greyish pink with an olive tinge; the lines purplish, reaching 

 costa ; the first curved inwards to one-fourth of costa, the second curving into 

 apex ; the first edged inwardly, the second more plainly outwardly with yellowish ; 

 no marginal shade, but the two spots purplish on veins 2 and 3. 



Hindwing : with costal area yellowish ; the lines straight, not marked 

 above cell. 



Underside deep yellow ; the base of costa, the outer line, and a marginal 

 shade red ; in the hindwing the outer line is red, and the outer margin reddish 

 tinged. 



Thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings ; the rest as in the $ . 



In both sexes, but more plainly in the ?, the forewing bears a horizontal 

 yellow streak from line to line between veins 6 and 7. 



Expanse of wings : £ 26 mm. ; ? 30 mm. 



3 cf<J, 1 ?. 



Apparently the representative in New Guinea of the Queensland species 

 pusilla 6, roseola ?, and fuscimaryo ?, which will probably prove to be, as in 

 the present case, forms of one species. 



