NOVITATES ZOOLOCilCAE XXIV. 1917. 473 



Length of forewing : cj 21 mm., ? 27 mm. Expanse : <? 48 mm., $ 60 mm. 

 Habitat. Angi Lakes, Arfak Mountains, 8,000 ft., Dutch New Guinea (A. C. 

 and F. Pratt), Mus. Joicey, 6 cJcJ. 4 $?. 



Cotana bakeri (Joicey and Talbot). 



Nervicompressabakeri Jokey and Talbot, /!»». 3Iag. Nat. Hist. 20 (viii). p. 65. pi. 111. i. 15 (1917) 

 (Wandammen Mts.). 



Only the S type known. 



Cotana albomaculata (B. Baker). 



Nervicompressa atbomaculata Bethune Baker o, Novil. Zool. vol. xi. p. 391. No. 54. pi. iv. f. 3. (1904) 



(Dinawa). 

 Epicydas ovala Bethune Baker ?, Novit. Zool. vol. xv. p. 175. No. 3. (1908) (Ekeikei). 



Only the 3 type of albomaculata and the $ type of ovata are known. 



Cotana kebeae (B. Baker). 



Nervicompressa kebeae Bethune Baker, Novit. Zool. vol. xi. p. 391. No. 56. pi. iv. f. 10. (1904) (Mt. 

 Kebeae). 



Only (J (J of this species are known. In the Tring Museum from Biagi, 

 Mambare River, N.E. New Guinea, 5,000 ft.; March 1906. 2 S3, Angabunga 

 River, British New Guinea, 6,000 ft., November 1904 to February 1905 (A. S. 

 Meek), 2 <J<J. 



Cotana kebeae grandis subsp. nov. 



(J. Much larger than k. kebeae ; the thorax dark brown not pale cinnamon ; 

 the abdomen deeper and fierier orange ; the forewing much darker brown 

 with much heavier, more distinct, and broader transverse bands ; the hindwing 

 deeper orange with more distinct bands. 



Length of forewing : k. kebeae, 21 mm. Expanse : 48 mm. Length of 

 forewing : k. grandis, 24 mm. Expanse : 56 mm. 



Habitat. Upper Setekwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, 

 3,000 ft., August 1910 (A. S. Meek), 2 33- 



Cotana rubrescens Walk. 



Cotana rubrescens Walker ?, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. Part 32 (Suppl. II). p. 549. (1865) (New 



Guinea). 

 Nervicompressa unistrigata Bethune Baker, Novit. Zool. vol. xi. p. 390. No. 52. pi. iv. £. 5. (1904) 



(Dinawa) q. 

 Hypercydas turneri Bethune Baker, Novit. Zool. vol. xv. p. 175. No. 1. (1908) (Kebea and JIafulu) ?. 



This species is the type of the genus Cotana. It is in the Tring Museum 

 from Biagi, Mambare River, N.E. New Guinea, 5,000 ft., March 1906 (A. S. 

 Meek), 1 <J ; Milne Bay, S.E. British New Guinea, January 1899 (A. S. Meek), 

 1 3 ; Aroa River, British New Guinea, March 1905 (A. S. Meek), 1 <J ; Port 

 Moresby, British New Guinea (Mr. Rattle) 1 ? ; Welsch River, British New 

 Guinea (Weiske), 1 ? ; Mount Alexander to Mount Nisbet, Owen Stanley 

 Range, British New Guinea, January 1896 (A. S. Anthony), 1 ?; Aru Islands 

 (H. Kiihn), 1 ?. 



Cotana rubrescens kapaura subsp. nov. 

 3. Differs from 3 ''• rubrescens in the very blunt rounded apex to the 

 forewings, in the uniform bright cinnamon not umber-brown colour of the 



