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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 



56a. Cascera olivacea flavolavata sub.sp. nov. 



<J. Differs from o. olivacea in being much paler and looks as if it had been 

 soaked in a sulphur bath. 



Habitat. Ninay Valley, Central Aifak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, 

 3,500 ft., November 1908— January 1909 (A. E. Pratt), 1 o'. 



57. Cascera irrorata spec. nov. 



<J. Antennae rufous brown ; head cinnamon ; tegulae cmnamon, hairs 

 along edges tipped with white, rest of thorax dark cinnamon-brown with many 

 hairs tipped with white ; abdomen rufous cuinamon. 



Forewing bright chocolate slightly washed with olive and streaked and 

 lined irregularly with pale whitish pink ; a white mark under median near 

 base and an oval white patch on vein 2 ; an irregular sinuate \^hite subter- 

 minal line; fringe mLxed pale grey and brown. Hindwings dark cinnamon. 



Length of forewing : 2r5 mm. Expanse : 49 mm. 



Habitat. Mount Goliath, Central Dutch New Giinea, 5,000-7,000 ft., 

 February 1911 (A. S. Meek), 1 <J. 



57o. Cascera iiTorata paUida subsp. nov. 



(J. Differs from i. irrorata in the forewings beuig paler and more washed 

 with olive and the white and pinkish white mar knag much extended. 



Habitat. Nmay Valley, Central Arfak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, 

 3,500 ft., November 1908— January 1909 (A. E. Pratt), 1 3. 



58. Cascera perscripta spec. nov. 



cJ ?. Antennae brown ; head brownish buff ; tegulae brownish orange-buff, 

 rest of thorax deep chniamon-brown mixed with cream-white ; abdomen 

 cinnamon. 



Forewii.g velvety olive-green scribbled all over with pale buff lines and 

 streaks, those in centre of disc tinged with bright pink. Hindwing cuniamon. 



Length of forewing : S 23 mm., ? 25 mm. Expanse : cJ 51 mm., $ 56 mm. 



Habitat. Mount Goliath, Central Dutch New Guinea, 5,000-7,000 ft., 

 February 1911 (A. S. Meek), 2 cJcJ, 6 $?. 



59. Cascera variegata spec. nov. 



(J. Antennae brown, basal three segments white ; head cream-white ; 

 tegulae amber-yellow mixed with buff, rest of thorax amber-brown mixed with 

 white and olive-green ; abdomen cinnamon. 



Forewing golden olive-bronze, banded, spotted, and streaked with buff, 



white, and pink, a postdiscal cloud-band of bronzy green. Hindwings dark 



cinnamon. 



?. Larger and darker. 



Length of forewing : cJ 22 mm., ? 26 mm. Expanse : (J 49 mm., $ 57 mm. 



Habitat. Nmay Valley, Central Arfak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, 

 3.500 ft., November 1908— January 1909 (A. E. Pratt), 3 <J<J, 3 ??. 



