NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 297 



in coll. Tring Museum, including type. Also a slightly worn ? from Milne Bay, 

 British New Guinea, December 1898. 



M. sanguinipuncta Warr., from the Key Islands, is very likely also a sub- 

 species of militaris, with the submarginal dots placed as in m. satisjacta, but 

 red and not enlarged, the space between them and the termen remaining green ; 

 but it further differs in showing pairs of vague wavy lines in place of the vague 

 blotches Only Warren's two originals (his type $ and a small worn $ un- 

 accountably registered. Nov. Zool. v. 422, as milikiris) are yet known to me. 



12. Episothalma sequestrata spec. nov. 



(J ?, 38-42 mm. Very similar to obscurata Warr. 5 with third joint of 

 palpus considerably shorter than seCond (in obscurata longer than second), the 

 abdomen more robust, with crests vestigial. 



Forewing in both sexes ^^•ith termen less strongly sinuous, more feebly 

 crenulate ; lighter grey-green (perhaps .sage-green when freshly bred) ; markings 

 of upperside similar, but with the antemedian line more deeply bent outward 

 in cell, reaching the discocellulars, both lines less strongly marked with white 

 on their reverse sides, distal dark .shading weaker, confined to posterior half of 



wing. Hindwing with termen less crenulate than in obscurata ; subtermina] 



dark shading narrower, sometimes interrupted. Forewing beneath with the 



dark distal cloud restricted, at termen reaching frcm tornus scarcely to M^ in 

 a width of less than 2 mm., between M' and M' still narrower, subterminal, 

 anteriorly obsolete. Hindwing beneath with the subterminal dark band much 

 narrowed, especially in posterior part, touching tennen at apex and tornus only, 

 between radial fold and BP weak or almost interrupted. 



Milne Bay, British New Guinea, November — December 1898 (A. S. Meek). 

 Type (J, December, in coll. Tring Museum. Also 1 $ from Goodenough Island, 

 December 1896. 



Mr. Meek took E. obscurata at the same place in December 1898 (1 ?) and 

 January — -February 1899 (3 (J(J, 1 ?) ; on account of the great difference in the 

 ? palpus there can be no question as to their specific distinctness. 



13. Hemithea subflavida copiosa subsp. nov. 



?. Wings rather broader than in s. reducta Warr. (Dutch New Guinea), 

 approaching the shape of the preceding species. Underside with the dark borders 

 rather broader than in s. reducta and in addition with the postmedian line (or 

 shade) present, on the forewing partly fuscous, on the hindwing olivaceous. 



Bougainville, Solomon Islands, April 1904 (A. S. Meek), 2 $? in coll. Tring 

 Museum. 



The known forms of H. subflavida now furnish regular transitions in shape, 

 through Episothalma sequestrata to E. obscurata, and suggest that the genus 

 Episothalma will have to be merged in Hemithea. In any case the three species 

 named, together with E. subaurata Warr., form a very natural group. 



14. Hemithea insularia duplicata subsp. nov. 



Darker and greyer green than i. insularia Guen. (Spec. Gin. Lip. ix. 385 ; 

 Oberth. Et. Lip. xii. t. 390. f. 3297), the blotches beneath highly developed, 



