( ~'16 ) 



Length of forewiug : 13-1.5 mm. 



Hab. Mount Goliath, Central Dutch New Guinea, 5000—7000 ft, February 

 1911 (A. S. Meek). 



19. Poliosia flavogfrisea sji. nov. 



?. Head, antennae and thorax tawny orange; abdomen above soot}- black, 



sides and anal tuft orange-yellow. Forewing : tawny orange, a small black spot 



at ape.\. Hindwing: dark sooty grey. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



llab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3.500 ft.> 

 October— December 1010 (A. S. Meek). 



20. Chrysoscota albomaculata sp. nov. 



t?. Head and thorax dark wood-brown, antennae jiale brown ; abdomen dark 



sooty grey, claspers yellowish. Forewing : bronzy wood-brown, a large oblong 



creamy white patch in cell. Hindwing : dark sooty grey. 



Length of forewing : 14 mm. 



Ilab. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 5000 ft., April 190G 

 (A. S. Meek). 



21. Chrysoscota lacteiplaga sp. nov. 



cJ. Head and margins of tegnlac and patagia cream-colonr ; rest of thorax and 

 abdomen sooty grey-black, anal tuft and claspers cream-colour, auteanae brown, 



Forewing : cream-colour ; a large patch on basal half below cell, a dot in cell, 



and a large jiatch occupying almost the entire apical third of wing wood-brown. 

 Hindwing : sooty blackish grey. 



? differs in having head and margins of tegulae and patagia golden, the 

 anal tnft sooty black, and the entire forewing bronzy wood-brown with a cream 

 yellow spot at end of cell and one on subcosta just beyond it. 



Length of forewing : t? 12 mm., ? 14 mm. 



llab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 ft., 

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



One of the males has the brown spots more or less joined and drawn out into 

 two longitudinal bands ; it may be called ab. conjuncta ab. nov. 



22, Nishada brunnea sp. nov. 



(J. Head and thorax orange ; apical half of i)atagia and abdomeu sooty purple- 

 brown, anal tuft white ; antennae brown.— — Forewing : dark purple brown. 



Hindwing : costal half grey, lower half dark purple-brown. 



? differs in having fore- and hindwings uniform sooty brownish grey. 



Length of forewing : S 15 mm., ? 17 mm. 



Hab. Kumusi River, N.B. British New Guinea, August 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



23. Nishada flavens ^\ nov. 



(?. Antennae yellowish bntf; head, thorax and abdomen maize-yellow. 



Forewing : maize-yellow. Hindwing : yellowisli buff. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 

 Hab. Java. 



