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n'i. Macaduma lichenia sji. nov. 



S. Antennae brown ; head white ; thnrax deep maroon irrorated with white, 



tegnlae and patagia white densely freckled with black scales. -Forewing 



resembles lielien-covercd bark, excised below apex, costa concave on basal two- 

 thirds, reddish cinnamoa-browu irrorated with white-grey and maroon, more or 



less distinct ante- and postraedian transverse bands, basal fonrth almost white. 



Hindwing, basal half greyish Imff, enter half pale greyish cinnamon-brown. 



S larger: difft-rs by strongly convex basal two-thirds of costa, which is deeply 

 concave on onter third ; ba^al lialf wood-brown irrorated with pale and dark 

 markings, outer half brownish white, a large dark apical patch and one liglit 



zigzag transverse line and one dark one. Hindwing dark monse-grey ; thorax 



dark brown ; abdomen sooty monse-grey. 



Length of forewing : (S O-o mm., ? 11 mm. 



Ifab. Biagi, Jlambare River, British New Guinea, SniiO ft., February 1906 

 (A. 8. Meek). 



133. Byrsia latiplaga latiplaga snbsji. nov. 



?. Head, antennae, tliorax, and abdomen black. Forewing black, a large 



orange patch occupying the whole basal half of wing except basal seventh 

 and costal area ; a large orange rufous wedge-shaped patch in outer half of 



wing running from subcosta to tornus obliquely where it is narrowest. 



Hindwing orange with a broad snoty black border and a broad sooty brown 

 abdominal border. 



(? similar, bnt has tlie orange patch on forewing much smaller, and the margin 

 of hindwing excised between tornus and vein 3. One S has the orange patches 

 on both wings reduced to one-third the size, and the rufous wedge in forewing 

 very dark. I propose to call this ab. rrdiicta ab. nov. 



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



Hab. NearOetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 ft. 

 October — December 1910 ; Biagi, Mambare River, 5000 ft., British New Guinea, 

 February 1906 (A. S. Meek). (Type ? .) 



134. Byrsia latiplaga pallidior subsp. nov. 



c?. Differs from I. lati/ilaga in having the orange patches yellow and the costal 

 half of that one on hindwing huffish cream. 



Hab. Ninay Valley, Central Arfak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, 3500 ft., 

 February and March lOiili (A. E. Pratt). 



135. Neoscaptia fascionitens sp. nov. 



S. Antennae sooty brown-l>lack ; head, thorax, and abdomen deep steel- 

 green blue, anal tuft sooty brown. Forewing, basal fifth deep steel-green bine, 



rest of basal half of wing snow-white without black transverse margin, a post- 

 median steel-green blue broad transverse band edged with black followed by a 

 large maroon-red patch, a subterminal bright steel-bine band, narrow terminal 



band and fringe black. Hindwing, basal half semihyaline snow-white ; tornal 



and abdominal areas and outer half dull black. 



Length of forewing : 10 mm. 



Huh. Biagi, Mambare River, 5000 ft., British New (ininea, February 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



