( :i-l-l ) 



all. bipunctata ab. nuv. 



A single 5 from Biak, (leclvink Bay, New (iuiiiea, collected also bv Dohertv, 

 agrees with dpici puiictn in most respects; Init the apical blotch of forewings is more 

 restricted, and has a minute dark dot below it, while the anal angle is marked bv a 

 distinct ilark spot. 



Family EP/l'Lh'M/DAE. 



Chaetoceras gen. nov. 



Foretmngs : with costa sinuous, convex near base and ape.\-, concave between; 

 apex bluntly subfalcate ; hindmargin excised from apiex to \ein 4, where there is a 

 bluntly bidentate projection at veins 4 and 3 ; thence again slightly excised to anal 

 angle, which is square. 



Hiiidivings: elongate, the apex rounded; hindmargin rounded below apex and 

 stiaight to anal angle, which is slightly produced. 



Palpi very .short, not reaching front of face ; antennae of S strongly pectinateil ; 

 legs short and stout ; hind tibiae swollen, with four long and stout .spurs. 



Xeuratioa: forewings, cell not half as long as wing; discocellular vertical; 

 tirst median at three-fourths, second and third from lower end of cell ; lower radial 

 from top end of cell, whence also the stalk of 6 and 7 ; the stalk of 8, 9, 10, and 

 vein 11, both from near base. Hindwings with two subeostals and la.st two medians 

 from ends of cell. 



Type : Chaetoceras simplex sp. nov. 



'So. Chaetoceras simplex .-p. nov. 



Fm'eu'iwjs : lihac-grey, dusted slightly with vinous red ; tiie lines vinous red; 

 first at one-third, oblique and slightly curved, touching the bUickish cell-spot ; second 

 at two-thirds, slightly curved and partially interrupted ; costa marked with vinous 

 red, and beyond the outer line with three or four ochreous sjiots ; some reddish scales 

 alx)ve anal angle ; a ferruginous marginal line ; fringe rufous, with dark ilols at end 

 of veins below middle, altogether dark along the excision. 



Hindwings: with red antemedian and postmedian lines and red-edged ocelloid 

 cell-spot ; marginal area thickly irrorated with red. 



Underside of forewings dull grey; of hindwings wliitish oclireous, with a dull 

 fuscous cloud at anal angle. Face dark brown; vertex very pale grey; antennae, 

 thorax, and abdomen pale grey tinged willi red. 



Exj)anse of wings : 'A2 mm. 



(hie 6 from .\niboina, February 18i)2 (W. Doliertv). 



Chaetopyga gen. nov. 



Fwewings : with costa gradually curved ; apex depressed; hindmargin toothed 

 at veins 4, 6, 7, slightly exci.sed between, and oblique to anal angle, which is strongly 

 marked; inner margin strongly sinuate, lnherl in basal half, and excised before anal 

 angle. 



