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]'•'. Ancara conformis i^\wv. nov. 



FoiewiiKj : lirowii-black ; tli'_' lines ainl markings deeper black ; in the geueviil 

 scheme of markings agreeing well with A oliUti'ntiix Wlk. and its Ah. punrtiplaqa 

 Wlk. : l)nt tlie oblong red patch beyond the reniform is more irregnlar in shape and 

 outline. 



lliiitlwing : orange yellow, with broad blackish terminal border, which shows 

 cupreous reflection at apex ; its inner edge below middle is wavy ; abdomen yellow 

 with black-brown dorsal streak anil the anal tufts tipped with yellow. 



1 c? from the Upper f^etekwa Kiver, Snow Mts.. Dutch New Guinea, 2MtM) — 

 3000 ft., September 1910 (A. S. Meek), corresponding to the ab. j>ttiictiplfi(/a ; 

 1 ?, 3 (?c? from the Niuay Valley, Cential Arfak Mts., Dutch New Guinea, 

 3500 fr., November 1 '.(OS— January 100'.). 



-'I'. Ancara rubriviridis <pec. nov. 



I-'oreiciiifi : velvety blackish: the filling up of the lines and their upper 

 e.xtrcmities along costal streak, some broad shadings in basal area and on each side 

 of subterminal line, the veins towards termen with their rounded extremities, 

 the annuli of the upper stigmata, and a blotch beyond claviform, all deep shining 

 green ; a partially double streak from reniform along vein o, and the fringe of 

 inner margin bi-ight vinous red ; the black terminal lunules tij)ped with pale yellow, 

 forming a row of snbmarginal spots between the green veins. 



llhulirimi : yellow, with a broad red-brown terminal border. 



Head and thorax black intermixed with green ; abdomen yellow. 



■i S li from the Up])er Setekwa liiver, Snow Mts., Dntch New Guinea, -HOii — 

 3001) fr., September lOlo ( .\ S. Meek). 



~i. Acrapex meliauoides spec. nov. 



I'lirfiriiKj : dull greyish ochreons with fuscous sutfnsion ; the paler ground- 

 colour forms two broadening streaks jilong the cell and submedian interspace, 

 in the former case running up to a[)ex ; costal area diffusely fuscous in the inter- 

 spaces, the veins remaining pale ; a dark olive-fuscous streak below cell from base 

 widens outwardly beyoud middle, becoming mm-e diffuse, its njjper edge ruunino- 

 obliipiely to just below apex ; a third fuscous suH'usion along inner margin ; in the 

 darker terminal area the veins are slightly paler; orbicular and reniform stigmata 

 indicated only by blackish dots above and on median vein ; faint traces of a dark 

 dentate outer line ; some dark terminal spots ; fringe grey, with a darker line 

 at middle. 



Iliiiihrui;/ : dull ilirty grey, darker at termen; fringe pale, with slight rufous 

 tinge. 



Underside dull ochreons grey, the folds of fm'ewiiig and the whole hindwini;- 

 rather paler. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen all dull ^rey. 



Kxpanse of wings : ? 32 mm. 



4 ? ? tVom the Upper Setekwa Uivei-, Snow .\lts., Diilcli .\e\v (Julnea. Jooii 



3000 ft., June-September lUM (A. S. Meek). 



The pale streaks along the folds show traces of a tlesh-coloured tinge, which 



