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150. Caprimima unipunctata spec. nov. 



?. Head ,and thorax steel-blne green, antennae black, tegnlae white ; abdomen 



black. Forewing: basal two-fifths snow-white broadly margined at base and 



enter side with steel-blue green, apical three-fifths maroon chestnut edged with 



dark bine and with white subajiical spot. Hindwing : basal two-thirds obliquel.v 



snow-white, abdominal and terminal border.s and apical third black. 



Length of forewing : 11 mm. 



Ilab. Biagi, Marabare River, British New Guinea, 5iJU0 ft., Febrnarv 1006 

 (A. S. Meek). 



1 •■">!. Caprimima peraffinis sj). nov. 



? . Very similar to unipunctata, bnt larger, and lacks snbapical spot. Head 

 and thorax deep steel-blue, antennae black, base of j)atagia white ; abdomen black 



witli a few grey hairs in anal tnft. Forewing : basal half snow-white broadly 



margini^'d at base with steel-blne and outwardly narrowly with black ; outer half 

 chestnut edged with black. Hindwing : median two-thirds somewhat wedge- 

 shaped, snow-white, rest black ; fringe between veins 1 and 3 grey. 



Length of forewing : 13 ram. 



Ilab. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, oOOO ft., February 19UG 

 (A. S. Meek). 



152. Caprimima postexpansa sp. nov. 



?. This extraordinary species, though like many others in colour, has the 

 hindwings expanded so ranch as to l)e larger than the forewings ; the strange aspect 

 is heightened by the fact that the hindwings are strongly rounded. Head and 

 thorax oily steel-green, antennae black ; abdomen black. Forewing : basal two- 

 fifths snow-white, except a waved outer transverse baud outside the white and 

 basal seventh, which are oily steel-green ; outer three-fifths of wing maroon 



chestnut edged with black. Hindwing black, a broad oblique transverse band 



beyond vein 1 reaching from cosla almost to termen snow-white. 



Length of forewing : ll'o mm. 



Hah. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 5000 ft., February 1006 

 (A. S. Meek). 



153. Caprimima fuliginosa sp. nov. 



? . Head, antennae, thorax, and abdoraen black, anal tuft bufFy grev-white. 



Forewing black ; a broad antemedian ill-defined band white, a 2)ostmedian band 

 6-5 mm. wide maruon chestnut ; the edges of both bands much powdered with 



black scales giving a sooty appearance. Hindwing black, a white wedge-shaped 



patch in basal half of wing reaching from costa two-thirds across the wing towards 

 tornus ; a maroon-chestnut patch ranch powdered with black near apex. 



Length of forewing : 15 mm. 



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

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



154. Caprimima marginipuncta sp. nov. 



?. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdoraen sooty brown-black. Forewing: 



basal two-fifths brown-black almost entirely covered by a large semihyaliue snow- 



