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136. Neoscaptia affinis sp. nov. 



c?. Very similar to preceding species. 



Diflfers in Laving snow-white tegnlae, and in the chestnut colour iu forewing 

 occnpying the entire apical three-fifths, with quite narrow edging on inner side, and 

 on termen of steel-blue and black ; not being mere]\- a large patcli in a steel-blue 

 area. ■ 



llah. Biagi, Marabare liiver, 5(j()iJ ft., British New Guinea, February 19u6 

 (A. S. Meek). 



137. Neoscaptia flavicaput sp. nov. 



c?. Antennae rufous; liead dark sulphur-yellow; thorax and abdomen dark 



brown, tegnlae dark sulphur-yellow. Forewing rufous chestnut, strongly glossed 



with bine and purple ; a large dark sulphur-yellow blotch on basal three-fifths 

 of wing, reaching from subcostal vein to inner margin, a large scent-organ of long 

 hairs on middle of costa. Hindwing very hairy, sooty-brown, a large wedge- 

 shaped yellow patch occnpyiu'g costal half of basal two-thirds of wing. 



Length of forewing : S mm. 



Hab. Kumnsi River, N.E. British New Guinea, Blay 1907 (A. S. Meek). 



138. Neoscaptia apicipuncta sp. nov. 



c?. Head and thorax steel-blue green ; antennae and abdomen sooty black, 



anal tuft yellowish grey. Forewing bright steel-green ; a suow-white oblique 



antemedian wedge-shaped transverse band narrowest at costa, a postmedian large 



maroon-red patch, beyond which is a round white spot. Hindwing : basal half 



snow-white, abdominal area and outer half dull black. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hal). Biagi, Mambare River, 5U0U ft., British New Guinea, March 1906 (A. S. 

 Meek). 



139. Neoscaptia bimaculata sp. nov. 



? . Head and thorax steel-green, antennae black, abdomen black, anal tuft 

 greyish bulf. Forewing steel-green blue ; a large irregular blotch-like trans- 

 verse antemedian band white, a patch beyond cell white, a large maroon-red 

 postmedian patch, and a white terminal spot between veins 3 and 4. Hind- 

 wing black, basal two-fifths, except abdominal and tornal margins, semihyaline 

 snow-white. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



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

 1911 (A. S. Meek). 



140. Neoscaptia androconiata sp. nov. 



i . This most extraordinary species has on the costal area an enormous scent- 

 organ of androconia and bristles black and sandy, and another on the hindwing. 

 Antennae dark brown ; head and thorax dull steel-green ; abdomen glossy black, 



anal tuft brown-grey. Forewing : basal tsvo-fiftlis sooty-black with scattered 



steel-green scales, a large snow-white patch on median nervure, outer three-fifths 

 rnfons chestnut glossed with copper, outer and costal margins coppery purple, inner 



margin below vein 1 sooty black. Hindwing : basal half white, outer half sooty 



black with median patch of coppery-purple scales. 



