252 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIV. 1917. 



70. Chadisra striata striata spec. nov. 



(J. Antennae brown ; head buff mixed with black hairs ; tegulae buff 

 mixed with black hairs, rest of thorax black mixed with brownish hairs ; 

 abdomen brownish buff. 



Forewing greyish cinnamon with broad black band like longitudinal streaks 

 from base to termen, and a number of blackish vertical striations ; a median 



sinuous and strongly angled black line. Hindwing buff, margins pale 



cinnamon, a dark brown spot above tornus. 



?. Larger. 



Length of forewing : (J 22 mm., ? 25 mm. Expan.se : cJ 50 mm., $ 56 mm. 



Habitat. Kumusi River, North-east British New Guinea, low elevation, 

 August 1907 (A. S. Meek), 1 <?, 1 $ (cj type) ; Upper Area River, British New 

 Guinea, April 1903 (A. S. Meek), 1 <J. 



71. Chadisra striata divisa subsp. nov. 



?. Differs fi'om S. striata in the basal half obliquely being strongly suffused 

 with brown, thus dividing the wing into two parts. 



Habitat. Goodenough Island, 2.500-4,000 ft.. May 1913 (A. S. Meek), 2 ??. 



72. Chadisra plagosa spec. nov. 



(J. Antennae brownish buff ; head, thorax, and abdomen huffish wood- 

 brown. 



Forewing huffish cinnamon with a number of indistinct zigzag brownish 

 lines ; a pale greenish subbasal patch under costa, basal one-fourth of wing 

 paler, more huffish ; a large black-brown sharply angled band runs from median 

 to tornus and from median to near base of inner margin ; all below this band 

 brownish slate-grey ; a large subapical patch pale lavender-grey tinged with 

 green. Hind wings wood -brown ; fringe, base, and median shadow huffish. 



Length of forewing: 21 mm. Expanse: -17 mm. 



Habitat. Warri, Niger, April 1897 (Dr. Roth), 1 <J. 



73. Tarsolepis rufobrunnea spec. nov. 



(J. Antennae deep brown, pectinations short ; head and thorax vinaceous 

 chocolate ; abdomen deep brown, no crimson tuft on underside. 



Forewing deep rufous chocolate ; basal two-thu'ds of costal area entirely 

 suffused with pale mauve and freckled ; silver patches as in sommeri, but much 

 larger ; submarginal area washed strongly with vinaceous and with four lines, 



inner one orange-buff, outer three various shades of brown. Hindwings paler 



chocolate. 



Length of forewing : 37-49 mm. Expanse : 83-109 mm. 



Habitat. Travancore (Place), 1 S type; Khasia Hills, Assam (Nat. coll.), 

 1 3. 



74. Tarsolepis sericeus spec. nov. 



$. Antennae dark rufous brown ; head and thorax deep rufous chocolate ; 

 abdomen sooty blackish grey, anal segment buft' with dark brown streaks and 

 two large fan-shaped and pointed buff tufts. 



Forewing vinaceous chocolate streaked and clouded with cinnamon so ;vs 



