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almost confined to the fringe ; bonier of enter marijin dentate at the nervules. 

 Iliudwiug- with fringe between snbmedian fold and vein 5 black. 



Head, underside of body, and tip of abdomen yellowish buff. Front of head 

 prodnccd into a high truncate cone, which is scaled black laterally. Base of 

 abdomen and thorax above white. Palpi black, first and second joints with some 

 yellow scales at base and apex. Anterior legs and all tarsi dark fiiscons ; bind tibiae 

 cream-colour. 



?. Similar to c?,but black border to outer margin of forewiug wider, measuring 

 IJ mm. in breadth: hindwing witii a narrow black outer border extending from 

 veins 14 to 7, | mm. wide at vein 3, tapering oft" towards both ends. Abdomen 

 beneath black. 



Length : forewing 20 mm., hindwing 15 mm. 



Breadth: „ 10 „ „ 12 „ 



Hah. Fort Johnstone, Nyassaland, January and Febrnary \x'.H) (Dr. Percy 

 Kendall); 2 ^jc?, 1 ?. 



The antennal joints are compressed, not cylindrical as in Acgoccra and most 

 other genera of Agaristidae. The first and second joints of the palpi are on the 

 underside pron'ded with long scales, while the third joint, which is about 21 times 

 as long as broad, is clothed with much shorter scales. The front of the head is 

 produced into a high truncate cone, which is at the ti]) about a sixth the width 

 of the front of the head. 



9. Immetalia meeki huonis subsp. uov. 



S. Differs from meeki from the D'Eutrecasteaux Islands in the band of the 

 forewing being brighter yellow and narrower, measuring on the upperside IJ, 2\, 

 f mm. respectively at costa, vein 4, and submedian vein. Band of hindwing also 

 slightly narrower : the black border of the wing obviously broader than in meelii 

 mcfhi, measuring 6i mm. at vein 0. 



¥ . Similar to the male. The median band of the hindwing broader than in 

 (J oi huonis, but much narrower than in ? of mre//i, especially its anterior portion : 

 black border of hindwing as in <?. 



J/a/j. Rimbang, near Finschhafeu, Huon Golfe, German New Guinea (Captain 

 11. (J.Webster); 1 cj, 1 ?. 



