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third joint smooth, clecuinboiit ; tongue present; hind tiliiae of cJ tliickenod, with 

 fom- spur.s. 



Neuratimi: as in Luxiui-ia, of which it is a development. 



Type : Ortlwtmeta dentala sp. nov. 



75. Orthotmeta dentata sp. nov. 



Foreunngs: grey-brown, with shuil black transverse striae, and more or less 

 suffused with tawny ; first line ferruginous, dark brown on costa, veins, and inner 

 margin, from costa at one-fifth, lielow which it is excurved, thence irregularly sinuous 

 to inner margin near base ; exterior line from costa at three-fiftiis, irregularly dentate 

 and more or less parallel to hindmargin, indistinct to submediau fold, then black and 

 vertical to inner margin at middle ; an obli(iue thick black-brown central line from 

 middle of costa, slightly augulated in cell, to inner margin close before exterior line ; 

 a submarginal dentate line, indicated by dark blotches internally ; fringe irregularly 

 crenulate, concolorous, with a row of black lunules at base. 



Hiiuhvings: paler, less suffused and varied with darker; the lines very 

 indistinct, the exterior one denoted by black spots on veins. 



In the ? the markings are paler, the lines finer, more ferruginous; the outer 

 line more oblique above inner margin, more e.'vourved and nearer the hindmargin. 

 Underside ferruginous orange, speckled with blackish, especially in the forewings, 

 with three oblicjue irregularly sinuous black lines, the third very broad on hindwings 

 and inner margin of forewings. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with ground-colour of wings ; vertex 

 and collar ferruginous ; face and palpi dark brown. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



A good series from Fergussou Island, October to December. 



76. Semiothisa connotata sp. nov. 



(?. Ochreous drab, with scattered fuscous atoms; first line brownish, at one- 

 fourth, bent below costa, then slightly oblique to inner margin ; second line brownish 

 in middle, forming a broad angulation outwards opposite the cell and a smaller one 

 on the submediau fold ; discal spot brown ; sulimarginal line dull ferruginous, 

 straight, from a little before anal angle to before apex, where it is retracted to costa ; 

 marginal area more thickly dusted with fuscous, especially below apex along the 

 shallow excision ; fringe ochreous, mixed with fuscous. 



Hindwings: without basal line; a ferruginous central line passing over the 

 black cell-spot ; outer line sUghtly curved from costa before apex to anal angle. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. Underside like niijier, with all the 

 frecklings and markings thicker and coarser. 



? with the markings as in S, but the ground-colour from base to outer line 

 whitish ; outer line not so near the margin, double, with a pale centre ; the marginal 

 area broader and darker, with two small Uackish spots beyond the outer line 

 on either side of the third median nervule. Underside with a ferruginous sub- 

 marginal fascia, entire on the hindwings, distinct only towards costa in forewings, 

 interrupted by dark fuscous and grey below ; marginal area varied with fuscous 

 and grey. 



Expanse of wings : cj, 34 mm. ; ? , 36 mm. 



Two S i , tliree ? ? , from Kiriwini, Trobriand Islands, March to May. 



