( 119 ) 



Underside of both wings paler, -witli a curved brown line beyond middle ; liind- 

 wings with a largish brown cell-spot. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons ; 

 abdomen below whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 39 mm. 



One 5 from Lomi)a-Battan, South Celebes, 3U00 feet, March 1896 (Frnh- 

 storfer). 



The neuration of forewings differs from that of //. castanearia Moore ; veins lU 

 and II both rise from cell, 10 anastomoses with 11 and again with the stalk of 8, 9. 



281. Hyposidra albifurcata sp. nov. 



Foreicinys : dnll smok}- black, with deep black cell-spot ; at two-thirds of costa 

 a white fascia rises, widening downwards to vein 3, and there bifitrcating to inner 

 and hindmargin : ti[) of wing white ; fringe black, except at end of the white streak. 



Ilindicini/s : with tlie streak beginning broader, its edges diverging nniformlv to 

 either side of anal angle, so forming a conical fiiscia, with two or three black spots 

 Bear anal angle. 



Underside duller. Head, thorax, and abdomen all black. 

 ' Exjtanse of wings : 42 mm. 



One c? from Bongao, Snlu Islands. 



282. Hyposidra prunicolor sp. nov. 



Forewhiqa : purplish grey, tinged in parts with brown; the markings indistinct; 

 traces of a darker basal patch, edged by a bent pale fascia; a shining greyish denticu- 

 late curved line at two-thirds ; marginal area with a diffuse dentate-edged shining 

 grey fascia, narrowing towards anal angle. 



Hindwings : with a dark diffuse antemedian line, a pale waved and curved 

 postmediau line, and a pale grey cloirdy fascia from costa close to this last line 

 and runniog to anal angle. 



Underside dull purplish brown, with the lines dark brown. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen concolorons ; the face darker brown. 



Expanse of wings : 70 mm. 



One S from Stephansort, German New Guinea (Cotton and Webster). 



Forewings with the apex not so much ])roduced, but the projection deeper 

 vertically: the hindmargin simply incurved, not excised, below vein 6, and bowed to 

 anal angle. 



283. Hyposidra variabilis ab. siccifolia nov. 



Forewings : brownish ochreons, with dark brown transverse striae, the base 

 suffused with fuscous ; a straight, inwardly oblique, dull red-brown streak across 

 centre of wing : an indistinct curved dark brown exterior shade ; some brown clouds 

 towards apex and anal angle. 



Hindwings : with diffuse dark brown curved antemedian and postmediau 

 "bands ; marginal area broadly dark brown : both wings with black cell-spot : fringes 

 dark brown. 



Underside like upper, with the markings less distinct ; ajjcx of forewings pale 

 grey. Head, face, and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler. 



Expanse of wings : 70 mm. 



One ? from Cedar Bay, south of Cooktown, Queensland (A. S. Meek). 



