58 XOTITATEB ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 



(2) t Balaenifrons aryrostrota n. sp. 



<J. Head, thorax and abdomen golden yellow mixed with crimson-red ; 

 palpi yellow towards base, then red ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen 

 white, the fore tibiae yellow banded with red. Forewing golden yellow with 

 five ill-defined waved crimson-red bands suffused with silvery purple, the ante- 

 medial and medial bands confluent except towards costa and inner margin 

 and the post medial and subterminal bands confluent in places ; a red discoidal 

 striga. Hindwing yellow ; some crimson-red on vein 2 near base ; the apical 

 area suffused with brown ; partly confluent postmedial and subterminal crimson- 

 red bands suffused with silvery purple between discal and submedian folds. 



Ceylon, Gampola (Green), 1 o, Newera Eliya (Green), 1 3 type. Exp. 

 16 mill. 



(3) t Balaenifrons phoenicozona n. sp. 



Head and thorax yellowish white mixed with rufous ; abdomen white 

 with dorsal rufous bands towards base and dark brown bands towards extremity ; 

 antennae yellow ringed with black-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of 

 abdomen white, the fore femora blackish above, the fore and mid tibiae yellow 

 and red with black bands at extremities and on the tarsi. Forewing golden 

 yellow with deep red bands suffused with silver, their edges rather diffused ; 

 a subbasal band with black and silvery mark at costa ; a black and silvery 

 mark on costa near middle with the antemedial and medial bands arising from 

 it and confluent to above inner margin where they fork ; a black and silvery 

 mark on costa above end of cell and two red discoidal points ; the postmedial 

 band with black and silvery mark at costa, and partly confluent with a terminal 

 band ending at vein 3. Hindwing semihj'aline yellow ; a red mark on vein 2 

 at its middle ; the terminal area suffused with brown, a red and purplish sUver 

 patch on it below vein 3 with a small yellow spot on it at vein 2. 



Queensland, Cedar Bay, Cooktown (Meek), 1 3 type, o, $ hi coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. 16 mill. 



(4) Balaenifrons homopteridia. 



t BalaenifroTishomripleiklia'Hmpsn., Moths Ind. iv. p. 9(1890); id., Fom. Mem. viii. p. 421. pi. 53. f. 4. 

 Bengal ; Burma ; N. Borneo. 



(5) t Balaenifrons ocbrochroa n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax oehreous mixed with brick-red ; abdomen ochreous 

 with a fulvous yellow band near base and some red suffusion toward extremity ; 

 pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white, the tibiae and tarsi 

 suffused with rufous. Forewing ochreous thickly irrorated with brick-red ; 

 an oblique diffused red antemedial line ; a discoidal spot ; a diffused post- 

 medial line, slightly incurved below vein 4 ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia 

 ochreous white. Hindwing ochreous whitLsh suffused with brown, the cDia 

 ochreous white. 



Singapore (Wood-Jones), 1 3 type. Exp. 28 mill. 



Genera auctorum. 



Hombergia unicolor de Joan, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1910. p. 270, probably near .ArchigaUeria. France. 



