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145. Scaptosyle bicolor sp. nov. 



?. Head and antennae black; thorax dark orange-buff; abdomen dull black. 



-Forewiiig : basal three-fifths dark orange-buff, outer two-fifths black. 



Hindwing dark orange-buff, widely bordered with black. 

 Length of forewing: 115 mm. 

 llab, Padang Reugas, Malay Peninsula. 



146. Caprimima bipuncta sp. nov. 



?. Head and thora.K dark oily steel-green, antennae black-brown; abdomen 



black, anal tuft mouse-grey. Forewing dark oily steel-green, a large square 



median snow-white patch below median vein reaching to inner margin, the inner 

 corner jnst going into cell ; a large dark maroon-chestnut patch in outer third 



of wing with a large white spot on each side of it. Hindwing black, a large 



oval semihyaline white patch occupying three-fourths of basal half. 



Length of forewing : 14 mm. 



Ilab. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 50U0 ft., February 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



147. Caprimima germana sp. nov. 



¥. Closely allied to j^receding species, but forewing longer, narrower, and 

 more pointed, and hindwing less round, more drawn out at tornus. Head, antennae, 

 thorax, basal sixth of forewing, abdomen, and anal tuft deep black, with oily 



steel-green gloss. Forewing : basal two-fifths except base snow-white, outer 



three-fifths black almost filled up by a large dark maroon-chestnut patch, a white 



spot at end of cell and a white subterminal dot on vein 5. Hindwing : basal 



two-thirds snow-white, abdominal and tornal areas and outer third black. 



Length of forewing : 13-5 mm. 



Ilab. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 6000 ft., February 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



148. Caprimima coeruleomarginata sp. nov. 



?. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen black. Forewing: basal third 



steel-green washed with blue on outer part and crossed by a wide snow-white band ; 



outer two-thirds maroon chestnut margined with dark metallic blue. Hindwing 



black, a large oval white patch occupies outer half of basal two-fifths of wing. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



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

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



149. Caprimima imitatrix sp. nov. 



?. Very pnzzlingly close to preceding species. Head and thorax oily steel- 

 green, antennae black, tegulae white ; abdomen black, anal tuft yellowish grey.- 



Forewing : basal two-fifths oily steel-green with broad white transverse band, 



outer three-fifths rufous chestnut margined with black. Hindwing deep black 



with large white patch in basal two-fifths. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



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

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



