( lr.O ) 



10. Caprima plagiata spec. uov. 



c??. Nigra,, fronte, prouoto, macula subbasali in ala autica, altera obliijna 

 mnlto majore in ala postica albis ; alls auticis area rul'a Jiscali venis nigris secta 

 ornatis. 



Long. al. ant. 11-5 — 12-5 mm. 



1 (? from near the Oetakwa R., Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up to 5000 ft., 

 x.-xii. 1910 (A. S. Meek) and 1 5 from the Upper Setekwa ){. in the same district, 

 2000—3000 ft., September 1010 (A. S. Meek). 



The underside of the thorax and the coxae grey with a blue gloss ; the legs 

 pale cla3--colonr ; the extreme tip of the abdomen white. The subbasal patch of 

 the Ibrewing is 2 mm. broad and closely extends to the costal and hind margins ; 

 the rnfons discal area is much brighter and also larger in ? than in c?, 

 occupying the apex of the cell and the greater part of the disc from the first 

 subcostal to the second submedian in ?, being much shaded with black in d. 

 The white area of the hindwing reaches from the costal margin near base to near 

 outer margin above anal angle, being longer in c? than in ? ; its hind edge is about 

 parallel with the abdominal margin of wing, while the anterior edge is elbowed 

 near apex of cell. 



On the underside the rufous colouring on the forewiug is reduced to a band 

 which tapers behind and anteriorly widens in a basal direction, entering the cell, 

 the band shorter in the c? than in the ? and traversed by black veins in both 

 sexes. White area of hindwing larger than above, triangular, with the apex of 

 the triangle rounded off. 



