400 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIF. 1915. 



Expanse : cJ 35 mm. ; ? 33-43 mm. 



9 ? ?, Manns, Admiralty Islands; 2 <?c^, 5 ? ?, Dampier Island ; 5 ? ?, 

 Vnlcan Island. (Type c? Dampier.) 



171. Parnara lyelli sp. nov. 



Parmra mathias Waterhouse & Lyell (nee Fabr.), Butt. AhHi: p. 212. No. 314. ff. 711-71.3 (1914) 

 (Australia). 



S. Antennae brownish rufous ; head, thorax and abdomen Ijrownish olive. 



Above. Forewiug brownish olive, rather darker in centre of disc ; a white 

 median dot below sabcostal and one smaller and less distinct in cell ; a curved post- 

 median band of whitish spots, those above veins 6, 8, 9 and 10 being very small, 

 and the ones on each side of vein 3 larger; sexual streak equally black and white 

 obliquely from vein 2 to vein 4. Hiudwing brownish olive, costal area deep brown. 



Below. Uniform satiny wood -brown ; a large patch of dark brown scales 

 occupying half the disc of forewing and spots as above ; on hindwing a white dot 

 above veins 3, 4, 5 and 6. 



?. Above. Differs on forewing by having two white spots above vein 1, and 

 one each above veins 2 and 3, while all spots are much larger. 



Beloiv. Has a subbasal white spot on hiudwing in addition to the four post- 

 discal ones. 



Length of forewing : c? 20 mm., ? 21 mm. 



Expanse : <? 46 mm., ? 48 mm. 



P. mathias Fabr. is much smaller and = agim Moore. Queensland examples 

 in British Museum agree with mine from Dampier and Vulcan. 



1 cj, 1 ¥, Dampier Island; 1 ?, Vulcan Island. (Type S Dampier). 



172. Baoris laraca (Swinh.) 



Caltoris laraca Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Eist. (7) xx. p. 434 (1907) (Woodlark). 



2 <? (J, Dampier Island ; iSS,2 ? ? , Vnlcan Island. 



173. Padi-aona tanus (Ploetz) 



Apaustus laiius Ploetz, Berl. Entnm. Zeitsckr. xxi.x. p. 228 (1885) (New Guinea). 



1 (?, 1 ?, Vulcan Island. 



174. Padraona ardea sp. nov. 



cJ?. Above. Differ from tanus F\oetz in the larger subapical yellow spot on 

 forewiug and absence of basal streak on hindwing. 

 Beloiv. All bands are broader. Size the same. 



2 c?<J, 1 ?, Dampier Island ; 1 9, Vulcan Island. (Type c? Dampier). 



175. Padraona flavoguttata (Ploetz) 



Hesj)eriaJiavoguUata Ploetz, Slett. Entom. Zeit. xliv. p. 231. pi. 696 (1883) (Manilla !). 

 1 cJ, 4 ? ?, Vnlcan Island; 4 <JcJ, Dampier Island. 



