34 XOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 191". 



streak in base of cell and spots at unddle of cell and upper angle ; a terminal 

 series of points. Hindwing and underside orange-j-ellow. 



$. Forewing entirely suffused with ferruginous, the veins streaked with 

 ferruginous, the subterminal band just traceable, the spots absent. 



Sntch N. Goiitea, Ron J. (Doherty), l (J ; B'Entrecasteaux Is., Goodenough I. 

 (Meek), 1 o". Woodlark I. (Meek), 1 <J type, ? in coll. Kothscliild ; Lonisiade Is., 

 St. Aignan I. (Meek), 1 3- Exp. 24-30 mill. 



(10) tTirathaba Juscistriata n. sp. 



?. Head and thorax ochreous grey tinged with purplish red-brown ; abdo- 

 men dull ochreous. Forewing ochreous grey tinged with purplish red-brown, 

 the veins of costal half streaked with blackish ; traces of postmedial and sub- 

 terminal series of slight brownish spots ; the apical part of costa and termen 

 with series of dark striae ; cilia pale purplish red, the tips dark towards apex. 

 Hind\ving dull ochreous, the costal area tinged with brown, the cilia pale purplish 

 red. Underside dull ochreous ; forewing with the disk suffused with fuscrus, 

 the costal and terminal areas tinged with purple ; hindwing with the ccstal 

 area suffused with fuscous. 



Dutch N. Guinea, Dorey (Doherty), 1 § type. Exp. 30 mill. 



(11) *Tirathaba purpurella n. sp. 



9 Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with jnirplish ; palpi fuscous at 

 tips ; metathorax edged with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous, the anal tuft and 

 ventral surface tinged with purple. Forewing purple suffused with fuscous, 

 the veins streaked with fuscous ; a rufous discoidal spot. Hindwing greyish 

 fuscous, somewhat ochreous towards base ; cilia purple on apical half. 



Louisiade Is., St. Aignan I. (Meek), type $ in coll. Rothschild. Exp. 38 mill. 



(12) Tirathaba grandinotella. 



t Tirathaba grandinotella Hmpsn., J. Bomb. N. H. Sac. xii. p. 96 (1898) ; id., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 462, 

 pi. 4.'-). f. 17. 



Assam, Kha-iis ; Amboina. 



(13) Tirathaba semifoedalis. 



Jiotys semijocdalis Wlk., xxxiv. 1439 (1865) ; Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 462. pi. 54. £. 4, 

 Bhutan ; Celehes, Sula I. 



(14) Tirathaba parasitica. 



Melissoblaptes parasiticus Lucas, Pr. R. Sue. Queeiisl. xiii. ]). 85 (1898). 

 Ilarpajotieura hepialivora Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 464. jil. 53. f. 19 (1901). 



Queensland. 



(15) Tirathaba haematella. 



t Tirathaba haematella Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 463. pi. 54. f. 21 (19Ul). 

 Aru Is. 



