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1". Letcliena plagiata sp. nov. 



Foreirhiffs : dull olivc-yelluw, witlj ilull [nirplish gre)' reticulations and bands ; 

 the costa broadly pnrjilish grey ; a central purplish fascia, bifurcate below the 

 median, containing two hyaline spots separated by a horizontal yellow dash ; the 

 upper of the two sjjots sometimes huely divided into two ; a fnnncl-sha])ed mark 

 from costa at three-fourths, and a enrved line from hindmargin in middle ; fringe 

 purplish, with a fine basal line. 



Hindioiiigs : the same, with the apex broadly purple ; the hyaline sjiots 

 sei>arated only by vein 2, and the outer of the upjier two often yellow. 



Underside the same, but tlie streak at hindmargin jiurplc-black. Head and 

 shonlders j)inkish grey ; thorax and abdomen yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 40 — 45 mm. 



Five ? ? from Kiriwini, Trobriand Ishmds, Aj)ril and Jlay IsO.'i (A. S. Meek). 



Nearest to L. ^emitrxselhU.s Wlk. iVom Australia. 



11. Pharambara micacealis occlusa subsp. nov. 



Differs from the type-form of Walker's micacealis in having no jiale semi- 

 transparent spot at the end of cell, but instead a diffuse blackish cell-spot ; both 

 wings dull red-brown, slightly paler towards base. Underside with the characteristic 

 lustrous blue spots. 



One 6 from Bali, March and April ls9G (W. Doherty). 



12. Siculodes bastialis Wlk. 



There arc two forms of this insect. The usual one has the ground-colour 

 ochreous whitish, the reticulations pinkish ochreous, the hindmargin and fringe 

 tinged with ferruginous ; the costa broadly darker, marked with lustrous grey, 

 black-edged, white-centred spots, the intervals ferruginous; a central line is 

 bifurcate at inner margin, and in cell partially forms an ocelloid spot ; a black line 

 runs from costa before ajiex to hindmargin at vein 4, and a sinuous ferruginous line 

 runs from it to anal angle; beyond the first are two black apical dots, and beyond 

 the second two ferruginous ones. Hindwiugs with ferruginous reticulations, which 

 often form a central and submarginal ill-defiucd band. Underside whiter, the 

 markings and reticulations much more defined, bright ferruginous. 



In the otlier form the ground-colour is pure wliite; the reticulations grey, like 

 the costa and fringe, with no ferruginous tints, all the markings indistinct and semi- 

 obsolete; the underside like that of the redder form. 



In the Triiig Museum there are c?c? of both forms from Geraldton, N. Qneens- 

 land, in no way dilfi^ring from the same forms — also occurring togctl\er —in India, 

 Ceylon, etc. 



1:5. Striglina derasata sp. nov. 



Forewinga : ochreous fawn-colour, with obscure blackish strigae and reticula- 

 tions; the costal region ^ darker, especially towards base; a blackish discal spot, 

 another beneath it above the submedian, and two smaller ones superimposed opposite 

 the cell towards hindmargin; fringe long and full, with a faintly jialer basal line, 

 and the outer third mixed with fuscous scales; a pair of minute dark dots at the 

 base at the end of each vein. 



