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52. Hema niveata sp. nov. 



?. Antennae whitish brown ; head gre\' ; thorax and abdomen greyish white. 

 Forewiug satiny snow-white, costal edge convex yellow. Hiudwing semi- 

 hyaline snow-white. 



Length of forewing : 18 mm. 



Hah. Angabiinga River, affl. of St. Joseph's River, British New Guinea, 6000 

 —6500 ft., November 1904- February 1905 (A. S. Meek). 



53. Ilema aurantioflava sp. nov. 



?. Antennae pale brown; head and thorax orange-buff; abdomen yellowish 



grey, yellow on sides and end of last two segments. Forewing orange-buff. 



Hindwing semihyaline yellowish bnff. 



Length of forewing : 15 mm. 



Ilab. Tumbora, Sumbawa, 25U0— 4000 ft., April— May 1896. 



54, Ilema lig'neofusca sp. nov. 



? . Head aud tegulae orange ; thorax and abdomen wood-grey. Forewing 



pale wood-brown. Hindwing pale buff. 



Length of forewiug : 15 mm. 



Hab. Astrolabe Bay, German New Guinea (C. Wahnes). 



55. Ilema brunneotincta sp. nov. 



? . Head, antennae, and thorax pale chocolate grey-brown ; abdomen yellowish 



brown-grey. Hindwings semihyaline yellowish buff-grey. 



Length of forewing : 24 mm. 



Ilab. Foot of Nieuwveld Mountains, N. W. of Beaufort West (Mrs. Butt). 



56. Ilema transfasciata sp. nov. 



S. Antennae pale brown ; head and thorax orange-buff; abdomen dirty bnff. 



Forewing cream-colonr, outer quarter maize-yellow ; a narrow basal, a broad 



antemedian and two broad postmedian transverse black bands, the outermost inter- 

 rupted above veiu at the jioint where the scent-organ ou nnderside of wing 

 ends. Hindwing buff. 



? similar but larger, and has a second antemedian black band. 



Length of forewing : c? 13 mm., ? 18 mm. 



Hab. Upper Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 

 3500 ft., August 1910 (A. S. Meek). 



57. Ilema unifascia sp. nov. 



cJ. Antennae black ; head orange ; thorax fuscons grey, tegulae, base of patagia, 



and posterior borders orange ; abdomen sooty grey tinged with buff. Forewing 



sooty grey-brown, a dark sooty grey postmedian transverse bar, base of wing and 

 costal edge orange. Hindwing bnff. 



Length of forewiug : 16'5 mm. 



Hab. Kamasi River, North-East British New Gainea, July 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



