( ai5 ) 



Length of fore wiug : 13mm. 



Hab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Monntains, Dutch New Gninea, np to 3500 ft., 

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



14. Lambula caprimimoides sp. nov. 



c?. Antennae bnff-brown ; bead and thorax rufous chocolate ; abdomen sooty 



brown, anal tuft buff. Forewing: costa strongly arched, wing truncate towards 



apex ; rufous chocolate, and an antemediau and a postmedian zigzag very thin 

 transverse line sooty black, a black spot at tornus. Hindwing : sooty mouse-grey. 



This species has a striking resemblance in shape to Caprimima rotunda 

 Hamps. 



Length of forewing : 105 mm. 



Hab. Biagi, Mambare Eiver, British New Guinea, February 1906 (A. S. 

 Meek). 



15. Scoliacma khasiana sp. nov. 



(?. Head creamy white ; antennae j)ale brown ; thorax and abdomen mouse- 

 grey, tegnlae whitish. Forewing : creamy wliite clouded with mouse-grey, a 



darker mouse-grey transverse median bar and a similar patch below vein 5 as 

 far as vein 2 ; a curious fold covered with large rough scales below basal two-thirds 

 of subcostal nervure. Hindwing : mouse-grey, fringe paler. 



Length of forewing : 14-5 mm. 



Hab. Khasis, Assam, June 1894 (Native coll.). 



16. Scoliacma fuliginosa sp. nov. 



S. Head, antennae, and thorax sooty wood-brown ; abdomen dark greyish 



wood-brown, anal tuft paler. Forewing : sooty wood-brown ; a discal and post- 



discal darker transverse line, terminal edge also darker. Hindwing : pale 



wood-brown. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



Hab. Angabnnga River, aflfl. of St. .Joseph's River, British New Guinea 

 6000— 65UU ft., November 1904— February 1905 (A. S. Meek). 



17. Scoliacma brunnescens sp. nov. 



S. Head, antennae and thorax brown ; abdomen wood-grey, anal tnft buff. 



Forewing : reddish wood-brown ; on the underside of the disc is a large and 



curious scent-organ full of black androconial scales, basally of this runs a fold 

 covered with large rough scales. Hindwing : greyish buff. 



9 has forewing paler buffish wood-brown crossed by a transverse darker median 

 line composed of small streaks crowded together. 



Length of forewing : <? 13 mm. ; ? 12o mm. 



Hab. Angabunga River, affl. of St. .Joseph's River, British New Guinea, 

 6000—6500 fc, November 1004— February 1905 (A. S. Meek). 



IS. Scoliacma bivittata sp. nov. 



¥. Head, thorax and abdomen dark jmrplish grey, anal tuft yellowish. 



Forewing : whitish grey densely powdered with purplish brown scales ; two 



postmedian transverse bands and terminal edge pur[)le-brown. Hindwing : 



yellowish grey. 



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