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29. Tigrioides albogrisea sp. uov. 



?. Antennae brown; head and thorax creamy white; abdomen pale grey; 



anal tnft bnff. Forewing satiny snow-white. Hindwing very pale ash-grey, 



fringe white. 



Length of forewing : 10 mm. 



Hab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 ft, 

 October— December 1910 (A. S. Meek). 



30. Tigrioides albescens sp. nov. 



c? Antennae pale brown : head, thorax, and abdomen white. Forewing 



chalk-white. Hindwing : chalk-white, costal third of wing occupied by a 



large yellowish ash-brown patch of androconia. 



? entirely satiny snow-white, abdomen with greyish tinge. 



Length of forewing : cJ 11 mm., ? 13 mm. 



Hab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., Dntcli New Guinea, nj) to 3500 ft., 

 October— December 1910 (A. S. Meek). 



31. Tigrioides fuscescens sp. nov. 



? . Antennae brown ; head, tliorax, and abdomen greyish bnff. Forewing 



greyish buff, basal half below subcostal washed with brown. Hindwing semi- 

 hyaline bntf. 



Lengtli of forewing : 12o mm. 



Hab. Knmusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, August 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



32. Tigrioides flavescens sp. nov. 



? . Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen orange-bnif. Forewing orauge- 



buff. Hindwing semihyaline yellowish buff. Another female is paler and more 



yellow. 



Length of forewing : 11 mm. 



Hab. Kumnsi River, N.E. British New Guinea, August 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



33. Tigrioides rufescens sp. nov. 



cJ. Antennae fuscous; head and thorax orange-rufous; abdomen orange ; anal 



tuft sooty black. Forewing orange-rufous washed with brown. Hindwing 



sooty grey, paler towards l)ase, abdominal margin ochre. 



Length of forewing : 10-5 mm. 



Hab. Kumusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, June 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



34. Rhagophanes aurantia sji. nov. 



c?. Antennae brownish ; head and thorax brilliant orange. Forewing 



brilliant orange, an antemedian and a median zigzag transverse iron-grey band 

 freckled with white scales ; between the median band and termen a number of 

 iron-grey patches with white freckling, as if two further bands had been broken 

 uj). Hindwing yellowish buff. 



Length of forewing : 8 mm. 



Hub. Biagi, Mambare River, British New (Juinea, 5000 ft., March 1900 

 (A. S. Meek).' 



