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35. Mithuna quadrilineata quadrilineata subsp. nov. 



<?. Antennae brown ; bead aud thorax dark orauge-bnflF; abdomen greyish 

 orange-bnff. Forewiug dark orange-bnff; a snbbasal, an antemedian, a post- 

 median, aud a terminal transverse irregular black line, the latter somewhat broken 

 into spots ; from centre of postmedian line a horizontal streak almost joins terminal 

 line. Hindwing yellowish bnff. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



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

 1911 (A. S. Meek). 



3(3. Mithuna quadrilineata dilutior subsp. nov. 



6. Much paler in colour ; wings pale bnffish yellow with bands or lines 

 purple-grey. 



Ilab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 ft., 

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



37. Crambidia bifasciata sp. nov. 



? (type). Antennae brownish ; liead yellowish grey ; thorax and abdomen 



wood-grey. Forewing wood-grey somewhat freckled with darker scales ; an 



antemedian bar and a postmedian transverse one of purplish wood-brown. Hind- 

 wing yellowish mouse-grey. 



c? similar, but darker, and transverse bars less distinct. 



Length of forewing : ? 12 mm., <? 13 mm. 



Hab. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, 5000 ft., February 1906 

 (A. S. Meek). 



38. Ilema perplexa sp. nov. 



? . Antennae brown ; frons dark grey ; vertex orange ; thorax violet-grey ; 

 tegnlae aud outer edge of patagia orange ; abdomen mouse-grey ; anal tuft yellow. 



Forewing violet-grey, base and costal area broadly yellow-buff, this colour 



running round apex and rapidly narrowing along termen becomes obsolete at 

 tornus. Hindwing yellow-buflf. 



Length of forewing : 18 mm. 



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



39. Ilema germana sp. nov. 



?. Near to perplexa, but at once distinguishable by the black antennae, 

 orange head, orange-bnif abdomen, and the slate-grey forewings with orange 

 margins of uniform width from base of costa to tornus. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Hab. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, np to 3500 ft., 

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



40. Ilema rufofasciata sp. nov. 



<J. Antennae rufous ; head, thorax, aud abdomen yellowish grey. Forewing 



brownish cream-buff, a median oblique rufous-chestnut transverse band. Hind- 

 wing cream-buff. 



