( -118 ) 



Underside of forewings yellow along costa to outer line, |white along inner 

 margin ; the rest of the wing deep vinous red; the outer line and edge of ocellus 

 darker ; hindwings deep yellow, with a few large scattered specks and the discal 

 sjK)! red. Palpi and face olive ; head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; vertex and 

 antennae whiter. 



Expanse of wings : ;i8 mm. 



One ? from i^outh Java, 1891, 1500 feet (Fruhstorfer). 



210. Omiza subaurantiaca sj). nov. 



Forewings: dark purplish brown, strigulated with darker; the lines chocolate ; 

 first from just before middle of costa, oblique and somewhat irregularly curved, to 

 inner margin at one-third; second from three-fourths of costa, angled outwards 

 towards hindmargin, then oblique and irregularly waved to inner margin at middle; 

 the central space therefore much narrowed below, as in galhuhdd Feld. ; this space 

 is slightly deeper coloured than the rest of the wing, and towards the costa some- 

 times varied with dark gi-een ; cell-spot annular, edged with chocolate ; a dark 

 smoky black blotch on inner margin before anal angle, much more obscure 

 than that in irroratn Moore, and with a metallic lustre; fringe chocolate-brown. 



Hindurings: with the fascia produced narrowly across the centre, the outer 

 edge alone distinct ; costal area jjinkish, not so broadly red as in abstractaria Wlk. ; 

 towards the anal angle is a large blotch of shining scales. 



I'nderside of forewings deep orange at base and along costa and inner margins, 

 becoming deep brown-red from centre to hindmargin ; hindwings bright orange, witli 

 some red-brown spots along costa and in apical region ; fringes of both wings 

 lustrous. Palpi orange ; face brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen olive-grey. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



Six c? <? from Dili, Timor, collected in May by W. Dolierty. 



Nearest to 0. abstractaria Wlk., but quite distinct from any Indian form. 



Polyacme gen. nov. 



Forewings: with costa straight, curved at base; apex produced, minutely 

 acute ; hindmargin strongly dentate at vein G, and bidentate at 4 and 3 ; then 

 oblique and crenulate to anal angle, which is distinct. 



Hindivings : strongly dentate at ends of all the veins. 



Palpi with second joint upcurved, third short ; antennae of ? simple. 



Keuration : forewings, cell about half as long as wing ; discocellular oblique 

 outwards; first median at two-thirds; second and third from end of cell; radials 

 normal ; last four subcostals stalked ; first anastomosing with costal. Hindwings 

 with first subcostal and second median from before end of cell. 



Type : Polyacnie dentata sp. no\'. 



211. Polyacme dentata sp. nov. 



Fore wings : yellowish ochreous, varied with fuscous and ferruginous striae; 

 costa dotted with brown; first line at one-fourth, irregularly curved, and indicated 

 by small spots of black scales ; the area within it sometimes brownish ; an oblique 

 dififu.se ferruginous central shade, touching on its inner side the discal ring ; marginal 



