NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAK XX1\'. 1!)17. 4(i9 



of indistinct blackish lunules ; fringe dark brown, Hindwing orange-yellow; 



an antemedian transverse line sooty black, a median indistinct blackish cloud 

 band beyond which are two lunulate bands ; fringe and margin cinnamon 

 rufons-brown. 



Length of forewing : 23 mm. Expanse: 52 mm. 



Habitat. Angabunga River, British New Guinea, 6,000 ft., November 1904 

 to February 1905 (A. 8. Meek). 



Cotana brunnescens sp. nov. 



(J. Frons orange-rufous, vertex rufous-brown ; antennae shaft orange- 

 buff, pectinations dark brown ; thorax rufescent chocolate-browri ; abdomen 

 rufous-brown. 



Forewing deep chocolate liver-browii ; two indistinct darker postmedian 

 bands beyond which is a row of black dots. — ■ — Hindwing similar. 



Some oS have the ground-colour of the wings much paler more greyish 

 liver-brown, and then beyond the two transverse postmedian bands there is a 

 distinct paler greyish-yellow or yellowish-grey lunulate band and the band cf 

 black spots has the spots connected by lunules. 



?. Head and tegulae orange-rufous, antennae black ; rest of thorax and 

 first abdominal segment greyish liver-brown ; rest of abdomen rufous. 



Forewing pale chocolate liver-brown ; ba,sal two-thirds of costo-subcostal 

 area suffused with cinnamon-rufous, nervures yellowish brown, a large cream- 

 white patch below middle of cell ; a postdiscal transverse band of eight 

 intranervular cream- white patches, the upper five being wedge-shaped, the lower 



three lunate, terminal ends of nervures marked with orange.- Hindwing 



similar, but only six cream-white patches in band all lunate. 



Length of forewing : <J 21 mm., $ 34mm. Expanse : <J 49 mm., ? 77 mm. 



Habitat. Biagi, Mambare River, N.E.New Guinea, 5,000 ft., February ]90(i 

 (A. S. Meek), 12 <?<?, 2 ??. 



Cotsna pallidipascia sp. nov. 



(J. Antennae shaft black, pectinations dark brown ; head and thorax 

 chocolate-brown ; abdomen orange-brown. 



Forewing pale chocolate-brown ; a whitish dot in basal one-fourth below 

 cell, an indistinct shadowy black median line, a postmedian double line inside 

 greyish white, outside dark brown, fringe white. — ■ — Hindwing paler chocolate- 

 brown, postmedian line very indistinct. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. Expanse : 43 mm. 



Habitat. Biagi. Mambare River. N.E. New Guinea, 5,000 ft., February 190C 

 (A. «. Meek), 4 So- 



Cotana aroa 13. Baker. 



Nervicojupressa arixt Bellnitie Baker, Novit. Zool. vol. xi. p. 302. Xo. 57. pi. iv. f. 6 (1904) (Arua 

 River). 



The cJ only of this is described. 



?. Antennae black ; head and tegulae orange ; rest of thorax olivaceous 

 brown somewhat tinged with orange ; abdomen orange-rufous. Forewing 

 eliocnlate-ljrown, nervures yellow ; a large yellow patch in basal ont-third of 



