NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXII. 1915. 297 



Clematoessa gen. nov. 



?. Lingna brevis debili.s ; antenna apice acuta, ramis brevibns, fere uon 

 clavatis ; alarum anticarum subcostales 3'"-5" et radialis P pebiolatae, radiales 2* 



et 3'" separatae ; posticarum radiales 2" et 3'" inter se valde distantes. Geno- 



tj'pus : CI. xutliomelas spec. nov. 



Near Eusplialera Jord. (1907) and Ilerpolasia Jord. (1907), but easily recog- 

 nised by the neuration. 



Tongue quite weak and short. Palpus small. Antenna pointed, the branches 

 about twice as long as the shaft is thick, their tips very slightly incrassate, branches 

 of distal segments gradually shorter. Spines of tarsi short and few in number, 

 sole of fifth tarsal segment at the most with a pair of weak apical spines, but with 

 numerous curved, obtuse, sensory bristles. 



Ne.uration : In forewing subcostal 1 anastomosing with costa, 2 free, 3 and 4 

 on a long stalk ; from this stalk 5 and radial 1 branch otf near cell either from a 

 point or very shortly stalked, radials 2 and 3 separate, the cross-vein between them 

 transverse, forming right angles with the veins, more than half the length of next 

 cross-vein, which appears as a prolongation of the median nervure. In hindwing 

 subcostal and radial 1 near together from upper angle of cell, but separate ; radial 2 

 much nearer to radial 1 than to 3, cross-vein between radials 2 and 3 weak and 

 about twice as long as the cross- vein between radial 3 and median 1. 



3. Clematoessa xuthomelas spec. nov. 



?. Nigra, capite thoracwjue cyaneo, alls anticis signatura anguliformi a basi 

 ultra apicem cellulae atque inde in forma fasciae ad angulnm posticum continnata, 

 in cellula macula transversa parva nigra notata ornatis ; posticis macula sul- 

 fnrea subanali marginali siguatis. 



Al. ant. long. : 25 mm. 



„ „ lat. : 13 ,, 



Hab. Near Oetakwa R., Dutch South New Guinea, 3.500 ft., October — December 

 1910 (A. S. Meek), 1 ? . 



Dull black, head, thorax, breast and some scaling on the femora more or less 

 glossy cyaneous, edges of abdominal segments slightly glossy green, especially on 

 the underside. 



Wings, upperside : forewing with an orange band which runs from close to 

 base to be)'ond apex of cell, occupying the whole cell and extending close to costal 

 margin, and thence to hind angle, thus separating a large black hindmarginal area 

 from the black apex, the distal edge of the orange band oblique, almost at right 

 angles to costa, slightly irregular, the band a little widened at hind angle, in cell 

 about 4 mm. from apex a black bar, extreme base of wing black, with blue scaling, 



apex of wing obtuse. Hindwing with apex and distal margin strongly 



rounded, before anal angle a sulphur-yellow, somewhat diffuse, marginal patch, the 

 fringe remaining black. 



Underside similar to upper ; forewing with blue scales on black cell-spot, and 

 a subcostal patch of blue scales outside orange band, the latter paler than above, 



almost ochreous at hind angle. Hindwing with a few blue scales in cell and 



near apex, snbanal patch as above. 



