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10«. Ceryx swinhoei minor subs]). nov. 



?. Smaller; hyaline spots miicli reduced. 

 Length .of forewing : swiii/ioei swin/ioei, 16 mm. 



„ „ siciulioei minor, \2 mm. 



Hab. Manavolka Island ( = Manawoka), Moluccas, November 13, 1899 (H. 

 Kiihn). 

 1 ?. 



11. Trichaeta hosei .^p. nov. 



?. Antennae, basal two-thirds black-brown, apical one-third whitish buff; 



head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with greenish steel-blue. Forewing dull 



black shot with deep purple, below base of cell a quadrate hyaline white spot, 



beyond cell a large oblique hyaline patch. Hiudwing black with purple sheen and 



central hyaline spot. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 



Ilab. Mount Mulu, North Borneo, lOUO— 4000 ft., August— December 1894 

 (Hose). 



1 ?. 



12. Trichaeta kannegieteri sp. nov. 



? . Antennae black, tips white ; legs banded with white ; head, thor.ix, and 



abdomen black. Forewing black, a spot below cell, one in cell at apex, one patch 



between veins 4 and 5 and 5 and 6, and a spot beyond cell hyaline. Hindwing 



black ; a small central hyaline spot. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. 



Ilab. Hili Madjedja, North Nias, September — December 1890 (L. Z. Kanue- 

 gieter), 1 ? (type) ; Pulo Nias (Dr. Fehr), 1 ¥ ; interior of Nias Island, 2 ? ?. 



Since the publication of Volume I. of the British Museum Cataloijue of 

 Lepidoptera Hetcrocera in 1901, it has been definitely ascertained, as Mr. Prout 

 informed me, that Amata Fabr. was published in 1807, while Si/ntomis dates from 

 1808 ; therefore Amata must replace Syntomis. 



13. Amata tunneyi sp. nov. 



^. This queer little species is near to nothing, but resembles /(«/«t'/-a^/s Butl. 

 somewhat in its short, broad, and rounded wings. 



Antennae brown, strongly pectinated ; legs, head, thorax, and abdomen 



orange. Forewing semihyaline orange-buff, margins and a discocellular patch 



brown ; there is a brown patch running in from outer margin lietween veins 2 and 3, 

 and another from inner margin to edge of cell. Hindwing orange with black- 

 brown borders, a patch running into disc at vein 3. 



Length of forewing : 11 mm. 



Hub. Derby District, West Australia (Tunnev). 



4 6S. 



14. Amata pembertoni sp. nov. 



?. Antennae dull black, white tips; head, thorax, and abdomen dull black 



glossed with oily steel-green. Forewing blackish steel-blue, a hyaline spot in cell 



and one below cell. Hindwing blackish steel-blue with a hyaline spot below 



base of cell. 



