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107. Plocucha irregularis sp. nov. 



Forefivings : yellowish ochreous, suffused with darker and dotted with pink ; first 

 line very fine, threadlike, marked by dark red dots on veius, strongly angulated 

 outwards in the submedian interspace ; a dark discal dot at the upper angle of cell, 

 preceded by another on the fold within the cell; an obscurely waved and denti- 

 culate darker central sliade ; outer line threadlike, marked by distinct dark red vein- 

 dots ; these are placed somewhat in-egularly ; the fourth from the inner margin, on 

 the third median, instead of being, as usual, in the same oblique line as the lower 

 three, is situated vertically aI)ove the third, and the top three are strongly recurved 

 to costa ; submarginal line pale, with a cloudy space on each side; a row of dark 

 marginal spots between the veins, and of almost imperceptible dots at the ends ; 

 fringe concolorous. 



Ui'iidivings : the same, but with a whitish dark-edged discal ocellus, and the 

 marginal dots at ends of veins plain. 



Underside, especially of forewings, suffused with rosy, more deepily towards the 

 margins; lines and marginal spots deeper red. Head, face, thorax, and abdomen 

 ochreous ; palpi red ; abdomen with red dorsal spots. 



E.xjianse of wings : c?, 28 mm. ; $ , 26 mm. 



A pair from Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, October 1892 (W. Doherty). 



los. Problepsis margaritata sp. nov. 



Forevivfjs : dull white, dusted with coarse silvery scales; tlic markings very 

 pale ochreous ; these consist of a cur\ed inner Hue, very faint ; a thick postmedian 

 line, followed by three other lines, all four being curved towards costa ; cell-sjiot 

 faintly darker ; fringe white, with a fine dark grey marginal line. 



Hinrhvings : the same. 



Underside wholly dull white. l-'ace brownish grey above, becoming whitish 

 below ; jialpi i)ale ferruginous ; thorax and abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 46 mm. 



One 5 from Brisbane, Australia. 



Distinguished by the entire absence of ocellus. 



ni!>- Ptochophyle inornata sp. nov. 



For/fivings: reddish grey, dusted with darker and clouded in places with fuscous; 

 lines very indistinct, indicated only by dots on the veins, fii-st at one-fourth, .second 

 at tliree-foiu'ths, the latter outcurved in nndwing ; a comparatively large blackish 

 cell-spot ; a row of marginal lilack dots : fringe slightly paler. 



Hindtvlnrjs : the same. 



Underside of forewings, except inner margin, dull rosy, with a faint pale suli- 

 marginal fa.scia ; inner margin and hindwing whilish ; cell-spots dark in both wings. 

 Pal|ii reddisli ; face and vertex whit(> : thorax and alidomen reddish. 



Kx]ianse of wings : 22 mm. 



Three cf cj from the Tenindier Ishnids, .luly 1802 (W. Doherty). 



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