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bv some still (lee[)er cloud.- ; the area between tiie inner and outer lines slightly paler 

 titan the rest of wing ; cell-spot dark. 



Hindtvings: still paler, more ochreous ; a curved outer line brown, followed 

 bv a brown shade and an interrupted cloudy submarginal line ; fringe dark brown ; 

 cell-spot distinct, black. 



Head, face, thora.x, and abdomen pale ochreou>^. Underside bright yellow, 

 mottled with tawny ; a wavy indistinct central line and a distinct thick red-brown 

 outer line on both wings ; marginal area fulvous, deeper on hindwings ; the lower part 

 of hiudmargiu remaining yellowish ; apex of forewings dull whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One J from Humboldt Baj-, New Guinea, taken in .September by W. Doherty. 



Nearest to P. khasiana Swinh., but not so large, and more sombre-coloured 

 abo\e. 



Xenoneura gen. nov. 



Fweivinrjs : naiTow ; costa straight, convex only just before apex ; apex blunt; 

 hindmargin obliquely curved into the inner margin, which is convex ; the anal angle 

 rounded oif. 



Hiniho'iiigs : broad ; hindmargin strongly crenulate in the uiiper half. 



Abdomen of cT long and slender, the claspers strongly de\eloped ; antennae of 

 J pectinated for two-thirds ; palpi porrect, the second joint thick and hairy, the 

 third blunt ; tongue i)resent ; hind tibiae of c? much swollen, with four short spvu-s ; 

 fovea of forewing with a dark thickened sear. 



Keuratimi: forewings, cell half the length of wing; discocellular vertical for 

 two-thirds, then shortly bent outwards and oblique ; first. median nervule at one-half, 

 second before end of cell, third from end ; lower radial from the angulation of the 

 discocellular, and therefore below the middle ; upper radial from top end of cell ; 

 last three subcostals .stalked, first and second coincident. 



Type : Xenoneura tephnnata sp. now 



203. Xenoneura tephrinata sp. nov. 



cj. Fm'ewinija : whitish ochreous, with numerous fuscous transverse striae ; costa 

 dotted with dark ; the lines pale brown ; first at one-fourth, outcurved below costa ; 

 second at three-fourths, also outcurved below costa ; marginal area rather darker ; 

 submarginal line pale, indistinct, preceded on costa by a dull reddish cloud and bv 

 a fuscous cloud below ; basal line fine, dark ; fringe concolorous ; cell-si)ot bhu-kish, 

 followed by a thick brownish central shade. 



Hindkviwjs : like forewings, with no liasal line, and the outer line waved; the 

 shade before the submarginal line distinctly reddish ; a fuscous marginal shade 

 opposite the cell ; marginal line blackish, strongly crenulate ; fringe pale ochreous, 

 with dark mottlings at the teeth. 



Undor.side whiter, with the markings more exfiressed ; marginal shade of the 

 hindwings blackish. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; antennae dark. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One 6, one ?, from (ieraldton. Cairns, and Cedar Bay, Cooktown, Cjueeu.-land. 



The J is almost wholly suffused w'ith brownish grey, with the markings obscured ; 

 underside with the colouring very much brighter than in the cT. 



