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Hindwing, basal three-fourths snow-white, somewhat seinihyaline, rest sooty 



grey. 



' Length of forewing : 8 mm. 



H/rb. Kamusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, May 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



117. Padenodes unifascia sp. nov. 



c?. Antennae brown ; head snow-white ; thorax pale maroon chestnut ; tegnlae, 



basal half of patagia, and front of thorax snow-wliite ; abdomen buff. Forewing 



snow-white; costa yellow; obli([ne median band, a spot below cell, and terminal 

 margin above vein 1 maroon chestnut. Hindwing bnff. 



Length of forewing : 10-.5 — Ho mm. 



Ha'/. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 5000 ft., April 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



1 1 >i. Padenodes plagosus sp. nov. 



c?. Antennae dark brown ; head frons bnff ; vertex snow-white; tliorax olive- 

 grey; tegnlae and basal half of patagia snow-white; abdomen bnff. Forewing 



creamy white ; costa yellow, basal half edged with black ; two aatemedian patches 

 and one on termen olive-grey ; a )iostmedian indistinct transverse cloudlike band 

 brownish grey. Hindwing bnff. 



Length of forewing : 10 mm. 



Hub. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 500O ft., March 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



119. Padenodes bifasciatus sp. nov. 



<S. Antennae pale brown ; head and thorax snow-white ; basal half of patagia 

 and centre of thorax metallic bronzy golden; abdomen greyish white; ana! tuft 

 bnff. Forewing snow-white ; an oblique antemedian transverse band and a post- 

 median oblique waved band metallic bronze golden. Hindwing creamy white. 



Length of forewing : 12'5 mm. 



Huh. Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea, January 1903 (A. S. Meek). 



l"-0. Macaduma fuliginosa sji. nov. 

 ?. Entirely fuliginous black-brown, an indication of a rufons line round apex. 

 The costa of forewing much arched and apex excised. 

 Length of forewing: 9'5 mm. 

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



121. Macaduma foliacea sp. nov. 



S. Antennae brown; head and thorax chestnut ; abdomen sooty grey ; anal 

 tuft yellowish. Forewing resembling dead oak-leaf chestnut ; a broad post- 

 median transverse band and a wedge-shaped terminal band darker, more dusky ; 



between these bands the wing is more yellowish chestnut. Forewing abruptly 



truncated on outer tliird, and a lobe on middle of termen. Hindwing, basal half 



cinnamon grey, outer half sooty grey. 



? has forewing almost uniform chestnut. 



Length of forewing: \>'ri mm. 



Hab. Mount Goliath, (!entral Dutch New (luinea, 5000 ft., March 1911 

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

 (type). 



