244 NOVTTATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIV. 1917. 



Length of forewing : cj 20 mm., 9 29 mm. Expanse : cJ 45 mm., ? 66 mm. 

 Habitat. Biagi, Marabare, 5,000 ft., April 1906 (A. S. Meek), 1 <? (type) ; 

 Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea, March 1903 (A. S. Meek), 1 ?. 



42. Stauropus alboviridis spec. nov. 



?. Antennae rufous ; head and thorax cinnamon maroon strongly mixed 

 with white ; abdomen pale cinnamon brown. 



Forewing white ; basal one-fifth and inner area running along beyond 

 vem 1 and into a patch reaching vein 2 metallic green, in the latter patch a 

 white spot, terminal area suffused with metallic green, a large costo-subcostal 

 green patch with white in it, and two lines proceeding to join patch below 



vein 2. Hindwings pale greyish cinnamon ; costal area white with large 



subapical chocolate patch powdered with green. 



Length of forewing : 25 mm. Expanse : 55 mm. 



Habitat. Biagi, Mambare, 5,000 ft., January 1906 (A. S. Meek), 2 $?. 



43. Stauropus germana spec. nov. 



(J. Similar to ]Mllidifascia Hmpsn. but at once distinguished by the double 

 postmedian band not being angled, but evenly curved. 



Antennae black-brown ; head and thorax chocolate rufous ; centre of 

 abdomen rufous maroon, sides rufous cinnamon. 



Forewing : base and outer one-thhd slate-grey, the latter with rufous brown 

 cloud-marks and a maroon subterminal hair-line ; rest of wing deep rufous 

 with indistinct cloudings, a double curved postmedian band of blood red with 



cinnamon rufous interspace ; a pale stigma. Hindwing buffy cream-colour ; 



costal one-thiid maroon rufous with slate-grey apex. 



?. Larger markings similar but deep rufous replaced by chocolate and 

 postmedian double line followed by a broad band of bluish-grey white ; hind- 

 wing grey-brown. 



Length of forewing : J 24 mm., ? 29 mm. Expanse : <J 54 mm., ? 66 mm. 



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

 3,500 ft., November 1908— January 1909 (A. E. Pratt), 3 <J(J, 2 ?$ (cJ type); 

 Biagi, Mambare, 5,000 ft., March 1906 (A. S. Meek), 1 $. 



44. Stauropus rufescens spec. nov. 



c?. Antennae deep brown ; head white tinged with ciiuiamon, vertex pale 

 lemon ; tegulae white mixed with deep rufous, rest of thorax deep maroon 

 rufous ; abdomen grey-brown. 



Forewing : basal one-fourth pale rufous densely sprinkled with metallic 

 apple-green scales ; disc of wing bright maroon rufous, outer one-fourth sprinkled 



with apple-green giving it a deep brown appearance. Hindwing unier half 



cream- white slightly tinged with rufous, rest of wing deep maroon rufous. 



?. Differs in the whole head being pale lemon, the tegulae whiter, and the 

 rest of the thorax dark cinnamon. 



The forewing has the basal tlu:ee-fourths of forewing dark rufous chocolate 

 and the apple-green scales intermixed with grey ; the outer fourth is rufous grey 

 with only green scaling along terminal area. Hmdwings darker. 



